Incredible PSG! Led 2-0, Paris overturns Tottenham (2-2, 4-3 TAB) and wins the European Super Cup! A mental victory!
Incredible, irrational, but terribly Parisian! At the edge of the abyss, led by two goals and unrecognizable for more than eighty minutes, Paris Saint-Germain signed a crazy resurrection to overthrow Tottenham with penalties (2-2, 4-3 TAB) and offer the European Supercup. A first trophy to launch the season, torn from the mind, from the character, perhaps even to the Baraka which accompanies the older ones. The mark of a European champion who never gives up.
Ninety minutes of almost nursing
However, during an eternity, there was no match, or rather a single actor. The European champion, at short pace for his recovery and without any friendly match in the legs, suffered the law of spurs much sharper. Logically, the English led 2-0 thanks to Van de Ven (40th) and a porro head (49th) on which the new goalkeeper, Lucas Chevalier, knew complicated beginnings. PSG was helpless, without idea, heading straight for a logical and final defeat.
And then, the click. Coming from the bench, as a symbol of the richness of this workforce. The entrant Lee Kang-in, of a dry and pure strike, reduced the scoring in the 85th minute. It was no longer a simple goal for honor, it was the spark that rekindled a flame that was thought to be extinct. Suddenly, galvanized by this burst of pride, Paris remembered her status and threw her last forces in a battle which seemed to be lost.
A heroic PSG offers Tottenham and the Super Cup!
Ramos, equalization at the end of the night
Additional time was a furnace, a siege in good standing of the London goal. Paris was pushing, with the energy of despair. And on a final center of Ousmane Dembélé, Gonçalo Ramos, also entered the game, rose higher than everyone to place a raging head that deceived the goalkeeper (94th). Unexpected equalization! The Parisian bench exulted. The hold-up was on the move, direction the fateful penalties session.
And this is where the scenario offered its best reversal of the situation, its most beautiful redemption. Lucas Chevalier, unhappy on the second English goal for his great first, turned into heroes of the evening. Leaving the decisive attempt of a London shooter, the young goalkeeper offered his own victory, validating his first in an unforgettable way and showing a steel mind after such difficult beginnings.
A trophy with character for PSG
This trophy, the first of the season, has a very special flavor. He does not reward the best performance, far from it, but he crowns the greatest strength of character. Even jostled, even dominated and far from its best level, this PSG has proven that it had exceptional mental resources. To launch its season well and erase the memory of the defeat in the final of the World Cup, Paris could not dream of a better scenario. Maybe that's it, the famous “baraka” of the champions.
