PSG erased Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-0 lead late within the UEFA Tremendous Cup last on Wednesday, equalizing within the 94th minute after which coming from behind once more within the penalty shootout.
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Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero scored Spurs’ purpose both facet of halftime — each from set items — and Thomas Frank’s debut was off to a roaring begin. Spurs did not have a lot of the ball (simply 26 % on the night time) however they had been a relentless risk on the counter for about an hour. In the meantime, PSG had simply 4 photographs within the first half, none of which had been on the right track. Pragmatic however sensible, and vital given the present harm state of affairs (once more, already).
A couple of of Spurs’ starters did not have the legs to go 90 minutes (Richarlison, Joao Palhinha, Mohammed Kudus), and their replacements (Dominic Solanke, Archie Grey and Mathys Tel) have not performed a lot between them this preseason. Alternatively, two of PSG’s subs (Kang-In Lee and Goncalo Ramos) scored the targets, within the eighty fifth and 94th.
Spurs had the lead early within the shootout as nicely after Vitinha despatched his effort vast of the purpose, however Van de Ven was denied by Lucas Chevalier and Tel hooked his vast in rounds 3 and 4.
Tottenham Hotspur, the latest Set Piece FC
Frank is at it once more, quietly assembling a squad full of huge lads that do not have an issue imposing themselves on opponents. And what do you do with such a bunch of gamers? Get ’em ahead, and get it within the mixer. Micky van de Ven, Kevin Danso, Joao Palhinha, Rodrigo Bentancur and Cristian Romero all stand 6-foot-1 or taller, and it grew to become very clear in a short time that Spurs supposed to make good use of them on set items. Danso will function the long-throw specialist and may function closely if Frank persists with the three-man backline, which fits the entire trio very nicely. Set items had been an indicator of Brentford when Frank was in cost there, and it’s clear after only one (semi-)aggressive sport at Spurs that ordinary service has resumed.
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The opposite constructive (very carefully associated) is that Spurs are going to be extremely annoying to play towards this season. They will press rather a lot, they’ll go in for many exhausting challenges, and they’ll rating numerous targets from set items if you really feel they’ve created nothing in any other case. It was actually incredible that Ange Postecoglou did what he did and received Tottenham Hotspur its first trophy in almost twenty years, however seeing Spurs so defensively organized, resilient and just a little nasty proper out of the gate simply confirms that Daniel Levy was proper to make the change.
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PSG vs Tottenham Hotspur dwell updates – by Andy EdwardsPSG vs Tottenham Hotspur last rating: 2-2 (4-3 PKs)
Goalscorers: Micky van de Ven (39′), Cristian Romero (48′), Kang-In Lee (85′), Goncalo Ramos (90’+4)
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PSG vs Spurs penalty shootout
Spurs (3)
Made: Dominic Solanke, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pedro PorroMissed: Micky van de Ven, Mathys Tel
PSG (4)
Made: Goncalo Ramos, Ousmane Dembele, Kang-In Lee, Nuno MendesMissed: Vitinha
PENALTIES! No extra-time, straight to the shootout
A gutting ending for Spurs, who merely could not get sufficient of the ball to alleviate their protection and see the sport out.
GOAL! PSG 2-2 Spurs: Ramos darts in on the close to put up and heads house (90’+4)GOAL! PSG 1-2 Spurs: Lee smashes into the underside nook to arrange a good end (85′)GOAL! NO! OFFSIDE! Barcola fires house however the offside flag goes upGOAL! PSG 0-2 Spurs: Romero heads house from one other free kick (48′)GOAL! PSG 0-1 Spurs: Van de Ven cleans up after a free kick goes uncleared (39′)
The brand new “face” of Tottenham Hotspur, stuffed with depth and keenness like this? He is obtained all of the expertise within the universe and he is nonetheless solely 24 years outdated — if he can simply keep wholesome.
A back-three for Spurs in Thomas Frank’s first huge take a look at?
It seems to be like Spurs will play with three on the again (Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Kevin Danso) with Pedro Porro and Djed Spence offering width over the complete size of the pitch. We did not see any three- or five-man setups from Spurs throughout preseason and the change has been partially pressured upon Frank (long-term accidents to James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski), however he has clearly determined that the perfect (and perhaps solely) place to maneuver the ball ahead is out vast. The midfield trio of Joao Palhinha, Rodrigo Bentancur and Pape Matar Sarr nods in settlement, begrudgingly. Richarlison and Mohammed Kudus will likely be tasked with operating onto by balls in behind and getting on the top of crosses. Spurs ought to be fairly harmful once they press, although, with nothing however keen runners and defenders from entrance to again.
PSG vs Tottenham Hotspur beginning lineups
PSG beginning lineup
Chevalier – Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes – Vitinha, Zaire-Emery, Doue – Barcola, Kvaratskhelia, Dembele
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Tottenham Hotspur beginning lineup
Vicario – Danso, Romero, Van de Ven – Porro, Bentancur, Palhinha, Sarr, Spence – Kudus, Richarlison
The right way to watch PSG vs Tottenham Hotspur dwell, stream hyperlink and begin time
Kick off time: 3 pm ET Wednesday (August 13)
Venue: Stadio Friuli — Udine, Italy
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PSG group information, focus
PSG have solely made two signings to this point this summer time, however they price a mixed $120 million in switch charges so you need to anticipate they’ve acquired some actual high quality in Lille goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier ($46 million) and middle again Illia Zabarnyi ($74 million) from Bournemouth. Chevalier has been introduced in simply as Champions League hero Gianiluigi Donnarumma . Chevalier is predicted to start out towards Spurs with a nearly unchanged group in entrance of him.
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OUT: Senny Mayulu (thigh)
Tottenham Hotspur group information, focus
Issues are wanting far much less acquainted for Tottenham Hotspur, the place there’s a new supervisor (Thomas Frank) a brand new $74-million man (Mohammed Kudus), and one other legend of the membership has departed (Son Heung-min). There are additionally a variety of accidents (fairly acquainted, sadly) making issues tougher for Frank proper out of the beginning gate. James Maddison is out for many, if not all, of the season after tearing his ACL in preseason; Dejan Kulusevski remains to be recovering from his patella (knee) fracture again in Could; Dominic Solanke hasn’t appeared in a preseason sport since July 19; and the identical since July 26 for Future Udogie. Who will present the creativity? It actually will not be Yves Bissouma, who was dropped by Frank for being late on a variety of events this summer time, in accordance with the supervisor.
OUT: James Maddison (torn ACL), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), Dominic Solanke (ankle), Future Udogie (hamstring)
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PSG vs Tottenham Hotspur prediction
PSG are the higher facet, the extra settled facet and the extra completed facet. In addition they haven’t any key accidents to take care of at this level of the season, and so they regarded sharp on the Membership World Cup indicating a powerful need to kick on and win much more this season. PSG 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur.