Paris Saint-Germain secured their fifth trophy of 2025 by defeating Tottenham 4-3 in a penalty shootout on the UEFA Tremendous Cup in Udine, Italy on Wednesday. PSG mounted a outstanding comeback, scoring two late targets to pressure penalties earlier than clinching victory within the annual match between Champions League and Europa League winners.The match gave the impression to be going Tottenham’s manner after they established a 2-0 lead early within the second half by means of targets from their defenders. Micky van de Ven opened the scoring within the thirty ninth minute, capitalizing after PSG’s new goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier tipped Joao Palhinha’s shot onto the crossbar.Newly appointed Tottenham captain Cristian Romero doubled the lead within the forty eighth minute with a header that Chevalier failed to save lots of. Chevalier was enjoying instead of Gianluigi Donnarumma, who had introduced his departure from PSG the day earlier than.PSG, regardless of being much less ready as a result of their latest Membership World Cup involvement till mid-July, confirmed outstanding resilience within the closing levels. Lee Kang-in introduced them again into the sport with a robust low shot from the sting of the world within the eighty fifth minute.Goncalo Ramos then pressured the match into penalties with a dramatic equalizer, heading dwelling Ousmane Dembele’s cross within the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Within the penalty shootout, PSG overcame an early miss by Vitinha to transform their subsequent 4 makes an attempt. Tottenham’s Van de Ven and Mathys Tel failed to attain, finally resulting in Nuno Mendes securing victory with the decisive penalty.The match marked Thomas Frank’s first aggressive sport as Tottenham supervisor, having changed Ange Postecoglou within the offseason. Postecoglou had led Spurs to their first trophy in 17 years with a Europa League closing victory over Manchester United in Might.The Tremendous Cup victory provides to PSG’s spectacular trophy haul, following their Champions League-Ligue 1-Coupe de France treble final season and the Trophee des Champions victory in January. Their solely setback got here within the Membership World Cup closing loss to Chelsea.Tottenham appeared sharper all through a lot of the match, benefiting from extra in depth preseason preparation in comparison with PSG’s gamers, who had solely just lately returned to coaching following their Membership World Cup commitments.