Tottenham Hotspur suffered a painful defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in a penalty shootout at the UEFA Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup), Thursday, August 14, 2025, early morning WIB.
Spurs took a 2-0 lead with goals from centre-backs Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero before PSG narrowed the gap five minutes ahead of dispersal through substitutes Lee Kang-in.
Another substitute, Goncalo Ramos, equalized in the fourth minute of injury time to force a penalty shootout.
Van de Ven and Mathies Tel missed a penalty so Nuno Mendes managed to execute a PSG 4-3 victory penalty.
Tottenham were supposed to be the seventh English club to win the UEFA Super Cup, but failed due to their impressive performance featuring the 5-3-2 system unable to dampen PSG’s rise in the last 20 minutes of normal time.
“I knew we had to do something a little different against PSG. So, it felt like a special operation.”
“Medially, the operation was successful, but the patient died. So, the results weren’t very good. However, we made up a slightly different game plan and we almost succeeded.
“I think if you play 2-2 against PSG, I think you can accept it. Single result is good. Then, if you separate it, we have to shoot a penalty, we lose, so maybe we need to fix the penalty shootout. Maybe that’s what it takes to win the final.”
“I think if everyone says it’s going to be a draw, we’ll lose on penalties, everyone will think that’s quite impressive.”
“Then if you look at the performance and changes we did, wow. The extraordinary mentality throughout the game. So, there are many things that can be grateful for,” said Frank.
In a formation under Frank’s command who also recently led Spurs to replace Ange Postecoglou, a new 55 million player, Mohammed Kudus, playing in the front line with Richarlison.
Apart from that, Frank will get a real test in the 2025/2026 season. Spurs will start their Premier League campaign on Saturday, August 16, 2025, with home games against promoted team Burnley.
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