End 28 years of waiting! Paris Saint-Germain beat Tottenham Hotspur in penalty shootout and won the European Super Cup for the first time

Paris Saint-Germain last participated in the UEFA Super Cup in 1997. In the early morning of August 14, in the 2025 European Super Cup, Paris Saint-Germain tied Tottenham 2-2 with two goals behind. The game went straight into a penalty shootout, Paris Saint-Germain won 4-3, winning the first European Super Cup in team history.

This summer, most transferable stars were bought by the Premier League, and the Premier League became the dominant league in the world's overall strength, while Paris Saint-Germain was the Warriors who fought against the world's No. 1 League alone. In the process of winning the Champions League last season, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Manchester City, Liverpool, Villa and Arsenal successively. In the first new version of the Club World Cup final this summer, Paris Saint-Germain lost 0-3 to Chelsea despite being favored by most people.

In this game, facing the Premier League champion Tottenham Hotspur, last season's UEFA Cup champion, Paris Saint-Germain is in a slow state. This "bigma" team has been on vacation shortly after the Club World Cup and needs to find the feeling of the game again. In the 39th minute, Tottenham goalkeeper Vicario took a set piece in the frontcourt. The newly joined Tottenham midfielder Palinia shot and was hit by goalkeeper Shevalier and hit the crossbar and bounced out. Central defender Van Devin scored a follow-up shot to the lead for Tottenham.

Paris Saint-Germain main goalkeeper Donnarumma was caught in a contract renewal dispute. "Qianduoduo" was excluded from the match list by coach Enrique in this game. The new goalkeeper Shevalier obviously needs a period of adaptation. Tottenham seized the opportunity to set the ball again in the 48th minute. Polo took a free kick. The new captain Romero headed the ball and was saved by Schalvalier. Paris Saint-Germain trailed 0-2.

Since the main player is not in shape, Enrique has developed the potential of a substitute player, and Li Gangren, who came on the bench, and center Ramos have made contributions. In the 85th minute, Li Gangren suddenly used a cold arrow in front of the penalty area to win back the game. In the 4th minute of injury time, Dembele made a cross from the bottom from the right, Ramos headed the ball to finish the tie, dragging the game into a penalty shootout.

Donnarumma is recognized as the top expert in saving penalty kicks, and Shevalier proves that he is not bad at saving penalty kicks. In the third round of the penalty shootout, Schwarier saved the penalty kick from Tottenham's hero Van Devin. In the fourth round, Tottenham forward Tere missed the shot. Paris Saint-Germain lost the penalty kick, which was Vitinia who appeared in the first round. His Portuguese teammate Mendes scored the winning penalty kick, and Paris Saint-Germain finally defeated Tottenham 4-3.

Enrique said after the game: "To be honest, I don't think we deserve this championship trophy because we can see the difference between Tottenham and us. Spurs have been training for 6 weeks, and we only have 6 days of training. Spurs deserves victory, they perform better than us, but football is sometimes unfair. I'm happy with this result, but it's really unfair."

The predecessor of the UEFA Super Cup was the Champions League against the European Cup Winners. In 1999, the European Cup of Winners was cancelled and merged with the Europa League into the Europa League, and the European Super Cup was changed to the Champions League champion against the Europa League champion. Paris Saint-Germain won the European Cup Winners Championship in the 1995-1996 season, and played against Serie A giant Juventus who won the Champions League in the same year in the UEFA Super Cup. That European Super Cup was held in early 1997, and the two-leg matches at home and away were still adopted. Paris Saint-Germain lost 2-9 in two rounds. At that time, Juventus's forward line was led by "Zebra Prince" Piero, with Zidane and Deschamps in the midfield. The newcomer center Vieri came on as a substitute in the second leg to score Juventus' ninth goal.

Text丨Reporter Liu Yi