Nuno Mendes gets PSG party started in Super Cup shootout win against Spurs

• Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Tottenham (4-3 pens)
  
• PSG score two late goals to set up shootout

It turns out the DNA of serial winners cannot be developed within three months. Tottenham should have been able to announce themselves kings of the continent here, flimsy though any grand statements after a Uefa Super Cup win might be. For long periods they overpowered a lethargic Paris Saint-Germain and it looked, until the final 10 minutes, as if Thomas Frank?s playbook had been perfectly imprinted on the lilywhite half of north London.
Spurs had pummelled PSG in the air, deserving to lead through Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero. They had rarely been under threat but the Champions League winners perked up after Lee Kang-in?s crisp drive and levelled deep in added time when Gon?alo Ramos glanced in. Such recourse to old ways meant Tottenham were compelled to suffer the torment of penalties, Van de Ven and Mathys Tel both missing and letting Nuno Mendes inflict the clincher.
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