PSG set to fulfill Tottenham in UEFA Super Cup

UDINE, Italy (AP)– Paris Saint-Germain get back on the hunt for prizes in the UEFA Super Cup against Tottenham on Wednesday.It’s the annual early-season match in between the winners of the Champions League and Europa League– and PSG begins as the huge favorite.Advertisement Coming off

winning the treble,

consisting of the Champions League for the first time, the Qatari-backed team from the French capital will seek to recuperate from losing to Chelsea in the final of the Club World Cup in the United States.Facing them at Stadio Friuli in Udine is another London club in Tottenham, which ended a 17-year wait on silverware by winning the Europa League by beating Manchester United in the final.Spurs have a new manager in Thomas Frank but

also some big absentees, with assaulting midfielders James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski injured and veteran star Child Heung-min recently sold to LAFC.It is Tottenham’s very first look in the Super Cup.

PSG has played in it once, losing 9-2 on aggregate to Juventus over 2 legs in 1996. Ad PSG’s players have just gone back to training after the Club World Cup, which extended

last season to mid-July. Tottenham ought to be more match-sharp, having actually played a raft of friendlies consisting of against Arsenal and Bayern Munich. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer