Who: Paris Saint-Germain vs Tottenham Hotspur
What: UEFA Tremendous Cup
The place: Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy
When: Wednesday, August 13 at 9pm (19:00 GMT)
How one can observe: We’ll have all of the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 5pm (15:00 GMT) prematurely of our reside textual content commentary stream.
The primary main trophy of the season is up for grabs and UEFA Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain shall be focusing on a fourth title within the calendar 12 months after they face Europa League champions Tottenham Hotspur.
Luis Enrique’s Parisians swept all earlier than them on house soil and in Europe final 12 months, though success wasn’t to observe on the worldwide stage in the summertime.
Tottenham supervisor Thomas Frank inherits a aspect that secured their first European trophy in additional than 4 a long time. The north Londoners, nonetheless, completed just one place above the relegation zone within the English Premier League.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a more in-depth take a look at the match being performed on the house of Italian aspect Udinese.
What’s the UEFA Tremendous Cup?
The competitors pits the winners of the earlier season’s UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League competitions.
How did PSG and Tottenham qualify for the Tremendous Cup remaining?
PSG hammered Inter Milan 5-0 within the remaining of final season’s UEFA Champions League.
French teenage sensation, Need Doue, scored twice and offered an help because the Italians had been swept apart in Munich.
Tottenham overcame Manchester United 1-0 within the remaining of the UEFA Europa League.
Brennan Johnson scored the one purpose of the sport within the first half. It wasn’t sufficient to save lots of Ange Postecoglu’s job as supervisor, because the Australian was sacked two weeks later following the Seventeenth-place end within the Premier League.
What trophies did PSG win of their treble final season?
PSG sealed the 2024-25 Ligue 1 season by an unimaginable 19 factors – regardless of easing off for the ultimate three-winless matches.
The Parisians additionally sealed the French Cup, beating Reims 3-0, per week earlier than the Champions League remaining.
What occurred to PSG on the UEFA Membership World Cup?
Following their treble, PSG had the prospect to observe within the footsteps of Manchester Metropolis, who lifted 5 trophies in a calendar 12 months in 2023.
Pep Guardiola’s aspect adopted up the home and European treble with wins within the Tremendous Cup and FIFA Membership World Cup (CWC) that 12 months.
PSG’s likelihood to copy that distinctive achievement was ended by a shock 3-0 defeat by unfancied Chelsea within the remaining of this 12 months’s expanded CWC.
Each winner since 2000…
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— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) August 12, 2025
Who’re the UEFA Tremendous Cup holders?
Spanish giants Actual Madrid beat Italian aspect Atalanta 2-0 within the remaining in Monaco final 12 months.
Actual had been the Champions League holders, having overcome Germany’s Borussia Dortmund 2-0 within the remaining the earlier season.
Atalanta additionally topped a German aspect within the Europa League remaining the 12 months earlier than, as they beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0.
Are Actual Madrid the report UEFA Tremendous Cup winners?
Sure. The Spanish giants’ victory in opposition to Atalanta in 2024 was a record-extending sixth Tremendous Cup victory. It was additionally the fifth time in 11 years that Los Blancos lifted the trophy.
What occurs in case you win the UEFA Tremendous Cup?
Each finalists have already certified for this season’s UEFA Champions League primarily based on their European victories final season.
UEFA retains the official trophy, however a reproduction, alongside 40 gold medals, are introduced to the winners to maintain.
How a lot cash does the UEFA Tremendous Cup winner get?
The winners will obtain a cheque for five million euros ($5.8m) in prize cash.
The runners-up don’t fare too badly, receiving 4 million euros ($4.64m).
PSG group information
Midfielder Joao Neves is suspended following his purple card within the FIFA World Cup remaining defeat by Chelsea.
Conversely, Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez had been each suspended for that remaining however are free to return for this match.
New signing from Lille, Lucas Chevalier, may begin in purpose with rumours that Gianluigi Donnarumma may very well be about to depart the membership.
Tottenham group information
James Maddison tore his ACL within the preseason pleasant with Newcastle United and is now set to overlook many of the forthcoming marketing campaign.
Dejan Kulusevski, Radu Dragusin and Dominic Solanke all stay sidelined, whereas Future Udogie can also be a doubt.
Spurs final week waved goodbye to their captain, Son Heung-min, who joined Main League Soccer aspect Los Angeles.
Paris Saint-Germain predicted beginning XI:
Chevalier; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia
Tottenham Hotspur predicted beginning XI:
Vicario; Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Bentancur, Palhinha, Sarr; Johnson, Richarlison, Kudus
