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Nuno Mendes gets PSG party started in Super Cup shootout win against Spurs
Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Tottenham (4-3 pens)
PSG score two late goals to set up shootout
It turns out the DNA of serial winners cannot be developed within three months. Tottenham should have been able to announce themselves kings of the continent here in Udine, flimsy though any grand statements after a Uefa Super Cup win might be. Thomas Frank had challenged them to back up the heroics of Bilbao with a statement in the Friulian heat and, by the evening’s end, he should have been basking in the kind of start that can define a new manager’s tenure.
Thomas Frank after his Tottenham team lost the Uefa Super Cup final on penalties to Paris Saint-Germain
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Instead he received a reminder that there is no quick fix to some deep-rooted habits. For long periods Spurs, faced with a lethargic Paris Saint-Germain, resembled a perfectly imprinted version of the Frank playbook. They pummelled their opponents in the air, their two-goal lead owing much to well-executed free-kicks and plenty more havoc arising besides. On top of that they looked at ease with a three-man back line that gave a stellar attack little encouragement. With five minutes of regulation time left there was no sign they would be subjected to penalty-inflicted torment.
Then the PSG substitute Lee Kang‑in rifled past Guglielmo Vicario from 20 yards and, for the first time, the Champions League holders looked clear-eyed. By contrast Tottenham had sunk back and there was a familiar yawning dread when, simply unable to find a way out by now, they saw six added minutes held up on the touchline.
In the fourth of them Gonçalo Ramos glanced in a cross from the otherwise quiet Ousmane Dembélé and Frank will be aware of the surgery still needed on a squad whose backbone is too accustomed to splintering.
Not that anyone could judge too harshly. There will certainly be no recriminations for Micky van de Ven or Mathys Tel, who both erred in the shootout and rendered a Vitinha miss irrelevant. Van de Ven was denied by the highly scrutinised PSG debutant Lucas Chevalier, who had a mixed night, and Tel wafted his spot kick wide. It left Nuno Mendes to score the clincher and leave a resounding message that the best in class are never really down and out.
Saturday, July 5, 2025
'Jota was with me' - Trent's tribute after Real Madrid win.
'Jota was with me' - Trent's tribute after Real Madrid win.
Trent Alexander-Arnold says former Liverpool team-mate Diogo Jota "was there with me" after helping Real Madrid reach the Club World Cup semi-finals.
Alexander-Arnold and Jota spent five years together at Liverpool before the England full-back left for Madrid in June.
Jota, aged 28, died in a car crash on Thursday along with his 25-year-old brother Andre Silva. Their joint funeral was held on Saturday in Portugal.
Alexander-Arnold has been featuring for Real Madrid at the Club World Cup in the United States and assisted Fran Garcia's goal in their 3-2 win against Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-final in New Jersey.
He said the news of Jota's death had been "extremely difficult" to take in.
"I had to try to perform for the team and help them win the game, no matter how difficult it was," Alexander-Arnold told DAZN after the game.
"As hard as it was to do it, I had to push myself to focus on what my job and role was. I tried to do it as best as I could, but it was difficult and I am not going to lie about that.
"[Jota] was one of my close friends - and I am sure that's what he would have wanted me to do. I'm sure we would have had a laugh and joke about the assist as well. He was there with me, I am sure."
Alexander-Arnold said the Portuguese forward was "someone who lit up the room when he was in it".
"I shared the dressing room with him for five years - amazing memories on and off the pitch," he added.
"It goes without saying he will never be forgotten by anyone. He will live long in all our memories for the amazing man and the player he was."
Alexander-Arnold said it had been "very emotional and heartwarming to see the footballing world come together to show their love and support for [Jota], his brother and their family".
"I've been around him, his brother, his family, his amazing wife, his amazing parents and his amazing children. It's truly, truly heartbreaking to wake up to news like that," added the England international.
"It's something you never expect."
Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe was among the players who paid tribute to Jota on Saturday, with the France forward indicating number 20 after scoring an acrobatic late goal, in recognition of Jota's Liverpool shirt number.
Frenchman Ousmane Dembele also paid a tribute to the Portuguese by copying his Fifa gaming celebration after sealing a 2-0 win for Paris St-Germain against Bayern Munich, which set up a last-four meeting with Real Madrid.
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