Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur are poised to battle for early-season silverware in the UEFA Super Cup 2025, set to take place on Thursday, 14 August, at the Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy. The fixture pits the reigning Champions League winners against the Europa League champions in what promises to be a high-stakes European clash. Kick-off is scheduled for 12.30 am IST.

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This marks only the second meeting between the sides—their first encounter in the 2017 International Champions Cup ended in a 4-2 win for Spurs.

PSG, under Luis Enrique, arrive on the back of a historic treble-winning campaign. Their squad features Ousmane Dembélé, named 2024/25 Champions League Player of the Season, and rising star Desire Doué. However, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has been omitted, the player has reportedly said that he is leaving the club.

The French champions are aiming to become the first club from France to lift the UEFA Super Cup, having narrowly missed out in 1996.

Tottenham, led by Thomas Frank, return to the European spotlight after clinching their first major continental honour in decades. Despite a mixed pre-season, the north London side are eager to make a statement. They will, however, be without several key figures including Son Heung-min, who departed after a decade at the club, as well as Kulusevski, Maddison, and Dragusin, all sidelined through injury.

Tottenham midfielder Bissouma to miss play for turning up late too many times

Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma has been left out of the squad for the UEFA Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday for disciplinary reasons, an unhelpful distraction to manager Thomas Frank in his attempt to mark his debut with silverware.

Bissouma didn't travel to the Italian city of Udine after being late “several times” this offseason, Frank said at a news conference on Tuesday.

“The latest time was one too many,” he said.

“With everything, you need to give your players a lot of love but also have demands and there also need to be consequences and this time there was a consequence for that."

The Mali international, who started the Europa League final won by Spurs in May, is into the final 12 months of his contract at the club.

Frank said striker Dominic Solanke will be available after injury but will be without attacking midfielders James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, who are long-term absentees, and left back Destiny Udogie.

The Danish coach called the Super Cup “a great challenge and an even bigger opportunity.”

“That's how my brain works — I see opportunities instead of pressure or whatever. So for me, massive opportunity and we will definitely embrace it,” Frank said.

“My players, our players, they just won a big trophy six or seven weeks ago, so they had a fantastic experience of doing that and they want to win more."

The annual Super Cup match pits the winners of last season's Champions League and Europa League competitions. (With inputs from Agencies)