Chelsea took mere seconds to troll London rivals Tottenham Hotspur after their Tremendous Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.
Spurs had been 2-0 and cruising in Udine with 5 minutes to play, solely to be pegged again for a penalty shoot-out with two late French objectives.
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They then had the lead within the shoot-out, however misses from goalscorer Micky van de Ven and Mathys Tel noticed PSG declare their first ever UEFA Tremendous Cup so as to add to their Champions League crown.
Nuno Mendes’ successful penalty got here at 10.09pm UK time, and simply seconds after Chelsea pressed ship on probably the most brutal of social media posts.
The Blues despatched out a message studying: “#OnThisDay precisely one month in the past, Chelsea beat PSG within the Membership World Cup closing!”
Chelsea gained the US event over PSG, with a commanding 3-0 win within the closing, one thing rivals Spurs couldn’t handle regardless of trying effectively on the right track for a simple win.
Chelsea entered the summer season event removed from favourites after years with out competing for the Premier League title.
However, PSG had simply gained membership soccer’s premier competitors – the Champions League – with a report 5-0 win over Inter Milan within the closing.
Chelsea shocked the French aspect with a dominant win, and for phases in Udine Spurs had been effectively on the right track to do the identical.
Micky van de Ven opened the scoring with a late first half purpose, and PSG entered the dressing room and not using a shot on purpose for simply the fourth time below Luis Enrique.
New captain Cristian Romero made it two simply three minutes into the second half and Spurs’ dominance continued.
Thomas Frank’s new aspect continued to carry their world class rivals at arm’s size with relative ease of their first recreation below his administration, nevertheless it all went awry within the closing 5 minutes.
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A protracted-range strike from an unlikely supply obtained PSG into the match with Kang-In Lee the hero within the eighty fifth minute after which it was one other bench possibility who confirmed up.
A bullet header from Goncalo Ramos compelled a shoot-out, the place Spurs rapidly took the lead.
Dominic Solanke and Rodrigo Bentancur scored both aspect of a Vitinha miss and the London aspect discovered themselves 2-0 up as soon as extra.
Nevertheless misses from Van de Ven and the re-signed Tel allowed PSG to fireplace of their subsequent 4, claiming the trophy and permitting Chelsea to fireplace out a Corridor of Fame social media put up.
Responding to his aspect’s victory, PSG’s star supervisor Luis Enrique thanked the followers after a particularly brief turnaround after the Membership World Cup and summer season holidays.
“It is tough to speak about this match… We skilled for 5 – 6 days, it is unimaginable,” he advised Canal+.
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“And all of the followers who’re there on a regular basis, whatever the outcome, they’re there to help the crew.
“For us it is very good to have gained this trophy and to have the ability to supply it to them.”
He then praised their opponents, saying: “I feel Tottenham performed an excellent match, they’re stronger than us and are higher ready, it was a tough state of affairs.
“We had the power to combat till the tip of the match. I do not know if it is honest however that is soccer and we’re completely satisfied for our followers.
“And we’ve got to enhance. I count on much more from my gamers, all the time.”