"80 minutes perfect, 12 yards collapse" - Frank s first game: Tottenham s glory and regret

Copenhagen native Thomas Frank stood in the middle circle, his hands in his trench coat pocket, like a surgeon who had just walked off the operating table. The final whistle sounded, the score was frozen at 2-2, and the penalty kick was 4-3, and Paris Saint-Germain won the Super Cup away. He smiled bitterly: "The operation was successful, but the patient failed to survive." In the first half, Tottenham used a set of "special combat maps" of three central defenders to rub Paris in half. In the 27th minute, Van der Fen received a corner kick from Boro from the left, pulled the onion from the dry land, and smashed the ball into the net. After only 3 minutes of the change of sides, Romero used almost the same method to turn a frontcourt free kick into 2-0. The white waves rolled in the stands, as if the heat of the Europa League in May was still there.

However, the cruelest thing about football is not falling behind, but being recovered. In the 85th minute, Li Gangren came on the bench and his low shot rekindled the suspense; in the 4th minute of stoppage time, Ramos shot in the melee and dragged the game to a penalty.

12 yards before the plot reversed: Vitinia took the lead in the go-tos, Bentancur scored in one go, and Tottenham led 2-0. Subsequently, Van der Fen and Terr both missed, and Paris made all four free throws. 4-3, the trophy slides from the fingertips.

Frank did not blame anyone. "I am proud of the players, clubs and fans. In 80 minutes, we gave Paris almost no chance. They may be the best in the world at this moment, and we used six weeks to fight their six-day training." Paris coach Enrique rarely showed weakness: "To be honest, I'm not sure we deserve this trophy. Tottenham Hotspur prepared more, we played like strangers in the first 80 minutes, maybe just luck."

Back in the locker room, Frank gave the players a 24-hour mourning order: "Tonight can be depressed, and we must turn it tomorrow morning. We will fly against Burnley on Saturday."

The trophy stayed in Paris, but a new blueprint has been rolled out in North London - although the surgery was defeated, the patient is still alive, and next time, maybe no miracles are needed.