UEFA SUPER CUP FINAL : PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR – 13/08/2025

TOTTENHAM SHOWED THEIR CLASS IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST PSG IN THE UEFA SUPER CUP FINAL RECENTLY, WITH 13 SHOTS, AND 5 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKING OPENING GOAL FROM MICKY VAN DE VEN AT 39 MINS., (BELOW)

AND ANOTHER STUNNER FROM CRISTIAN ROMERO AT 48 MINS., (BELOW)

WHICH REMAINED THE ONLY 2 GOALS OF THE MATCH UNTIL THE 85TH MINUTE IN FACT, WHEN PSG’S LEE KANG-IN SCORED A SUPERB GOAL, (BELOW)

WITH HIS TEAM-MATE GONCALO RAMOS FOLLOWING ON WITH AN UNEXPECTED LATE GOAL IN STOPPAGE TIME AT 90 +4 MINS!!  (BELOW)

PSG HAD 12 SHOTS, AND 3 ON TARGET, BUT WITH THE MATCH ENDING IN A 2 – 2 DRAW AS THERE WERE NO FURTHER GOALS, IT WENT ONTO PENALTIES!

DURING THE PENALTY SHOOT-OUT, IT WAS PSG’S PLAYERS RAMOS, DEMBELE, LEE AND MENDES WHO ALL SCORED PENALTIES, WITH MENDES SCORING THE WINNER (BELOW) AND VITINHA MISSING…

AND WITH TOTTENHAM’S SOLANKE, BENTANCUR, AND PORRO ALL SCORING, BUT WITH VAN DE VEN’S PENALTY SAVED, THIS RIVETING MATCH ENDED 2- 2, WITH PSG WINNING 4 – 3 ON PENALTIES.

TOTTENHAM COACH, THOMAS FRANK SPOKE AFTER THE MATCH:-

“WE PLAYED VERY WELL.  WE’RE PLAYING AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE WORLD, MAYBE THE BEST AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.  WE HAD THEM EXACTLY WHERE WE WANTED FOR 80-SOMETHING MINS. UNTIL THE GOAL FOR 2 – 1.  OF COURSE, THAT SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTUM, BUT SO MANY POSITIVES.  THERE’S A LOT TO BE HAPPY WITH.”

TOTTENHAM GOALKEEPER, GUGLIELMO VICARIO (BELOW) SPOKE AFTER THE MATCH:-

“WE CAN TAKE A LOT OF POSITIVES, WE PLAYED OUR GAME PLAN VERY WELL.  WE WERE 2 – 0 UP, AND IT HURTS MORE BECAUSE WE HAD THE GAME IN OUR HANDS BUT THIS IS FOOTBALL AND THEY ARE A TOP TEAM.”

LUIS ENRIQUE SPOKE VERY GRACIOUSLY SPOKE AFTER THE MATCH, SAYING:-

“FOR 80 MINUTES, WE DIDN’T DESERVE THAT, I THINK TOTTENHAM DESERVED TO WIN THE MATCH BECAUSE THEY WERE IN FORM.  THEY WERE TRAINING FOR SIX WEEKS AND THEY PLAYED A GREAT GAME.”

BY AMANDA WATERS