PSG and Spurs meet in Udine for UEFA Super Cup

Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur meet in Udine on Wednesday for the UEFA Super Cup, a traditional curtain-raiser for European club football. The match pits the defending Champions League holders against the Europa League champions, with both clubs chasing a trophy to begin their 2025-26 campaigns. Each finalist receives a substantial prize, and the winner adds a further sum if they lift the trophy, underscoring the financial as well as sporting significance of the fixture. The game is played at the Stadio Friuli, marking Tottenham’s first appearance in the competition and PSG’s return to a contest they last contested more than two decades ago.

PSG arrive as Europe’s most successful club of recent years, after sealing the Champions League title in a dominant campaign and collecting a domestic treble. Yet their run was briefly checked by a Club World Cup final defeat to Chelsea, a setback Luis Enrique hopes to erase with another early-season trophy and momentum heading into the league campaign. Tottenham, by contrast, are in a transitional phase under Thomas Frank, who took over from Ange Postecoglou after Tottenham ended a 17-year trophy drought by lifting the Europa...