Defoe and Lamela fire Spurs into knockout stage
Argentine record signing gets first goal for Londoners
Tottenham, Fiorentina and Red Bull Salzburg made it four group wins out of four in the Europa League on to qualify for the knockout phase with two games to spare.
Record-signing Erik Lamela scored his first goal for Tottenham, and Jermain Defoe converted the winning penalty kick in a 2-1 victory over Sheriff Tiraspol in Group K.
In Romania, Fiorentina won by the same score at Pandurii Targu Jiu after Matos Ryder and Borja Valero scored for the group E leaders, while second-place Dnipro of Ukraine advanced by beating Pacos Ferreira 2-0.
Two teams also are through already from group C, with leaders Red Bull Salzburg winning 3-1 at Standard Liege, and Esbjerg edging Elfsborg 1-0.
Valencia went to the top of group A with a 3-2 win over St Gallen, and will advance to the last 32 along with Russian side Rubin Kazan, Dnipro of Ukraine, and Ludogorets of Bulgaria.
At White Hart Lane, Lamela finally made his mark more than two months after joining from Roma.