From City of Light to White Hart Lane - The Long Road to Udine

Paris Saint-Germain

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Tottenham Hotspur

ODDS: 6.00
DATE
Wed 13 Aug 2025
KICK-OFF
20:00 CEST
VENUE
Stadio Friuli
(Bluenergy Stadium)
TROPHY
50th UEFA Super Cup

The UEFA Super Cup rarely needs extra spice, yet Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur supply it in abundance: two historic capitals of football culture, meeting competitively for the very first time with a shiny silver gateway to the season on the line. Buckle-up as we trace their journeys from humble origins to Udine, salute their legends, geek-out on kit evolution and crunch the records that make the Super Cup such a collectors' item.

1. Origins & Early Triumphs

Paris Saint-Germain

1970
Club Formation

Club Formation

Club formed via merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain.

1973
Iconic Kit Design

Iconic Kit Design

Daniel Hechter designs the iconic red-central-band home shirt – still revered today.

1986
First Ligue 1 Crown

First Ligue 1 Crown

First Ligue 1 crown under Gérard Houllier.

1996
European Glory

European Glory

Raí captains PSG to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup glory.

2011
QSI Takeover

QSI Takeover

QSI takeover launches the modern era of super-signings.

2025
Champions League Victory

Champions League Victory

31 May 2025 – Kylian Mbappé lifts the Champions League after a 5-0 rout of Inter.

Tottenham Hotspur

1882
Humble Beginnings

Humble Beginnings

Founded by schoolboys beneath a street-lamp in Tottenham.

1901
Historic FA Cup Win

Historic FA Cup Win

First non-League club to win the FA Cup.

1961
The Double

The Double

Bill Nicholson's double winners pioneer attacking 4-2-4. Shirt = pure white with lone cockerel crest.

1963
European Pioneers

European Pioneers

Becomes Britain's first European trophy winner (Cup Winners' Cup).

1984
UEFA Cup Triumph

UEFA Cup Triumph

UEFA Cup triumph courtesy of Tony Parks' shoot-out heroics.

2025
Europa League Glory

Europa League Glory

22 May 2025 – Son Heung-min's exuberant lift of the Europa League in Bilbao ends 41-year European drought.

2. Legends that Lit the Stage

Safet Susic

Safet Susic

George Weah

George Weah

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Harry Kane

Harry Kane

Jimmy Greaves

Jimmy Greaves

Glenn Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle

From Safet Sušić - voted PSG's greatest creator - to record-breaking Harry Kane, these icons shaped club DNA and inspired the generations now vying for new history.

3. Shirt Evolution: Fabric of Identity

Kits track a club's cultural journey. Below we juxtapose two classics with today's high‑tech shirts:

PSG 1973 Hechter Shirt

PSG 1970s

Classic Design

PSG 2025 Final Shirt

PSG 2024

Modern Era

Tottenham 1961 Shirt

Spurs 1960s

White Hart Lane

Spurs 2024 Shirt

Spurs 2024

New Stadium Era

Retro aesthetics meet modern fabric tech: Nike's VaporKnit 24 for PSG retains Hechter's red bar, while Spurs' minimalist navy trim nods back to 1961's glory garb.

4. How They Reached Udine (2024/25)

Champions League

PSG - Champions League Winners

Group G winners (5-1-0), 10-0 aggregate vs Brest in R16, edged Arsenal in semis and hammered Inter 5-0 in Munich – the club's most lopsided final since Milan 1994. Désiré Doué (9 goals) and Warren Zaïre-Emery bossed the ball.

Europa League

Tottenham - Europa League Odysseys

Undefeated in Group C, then scalped Atalanta, Betis, Leipzig and finally Manchester United via Brennan Johnson's 74` strike. Ange Postecoglou's 2-3-5 build-up won hearts and an overdue trophy.

5. Key Battles

  • Zaïre-Emery vs Bissouma – tempo vs tenacity.
  • Hakimi vs Udogie – overlapping chaos on PSG's right channel.
  • Donnarumma vs Vicario – two 6'5″ modern keepers acting as sweepers.
Key Battles - Players on field

6. UEFA's Super Cup Records & Trivia

UEFA Super Cup Records & Trivia

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8. Final Whistle

The Super Cup might be billed as a glorified friendly, but history says otherwise. Real Madrid used it as a launchpad for three‑peat greatness; Liverpool's 2019 triumph fired their title drive. Will PSG's galácticos cement a dynasty, or can the Lilywhites spring another shock? Either way, Udine's summer night looks unmissable.

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