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Every word Thomas Frank said on Tottenham’s PSG shoot-out defeat, his plan and transfers  Football London Tottenham Hotspur: Work to do after Super Cup collapse – but promising signs for Thomas Frank  BBC Why Frank’s ‘special operation’ offered promise even if Tottenham succumbed at the last  The New York Times Luis Enrique: PSG didn’t deserve to win Super Cup  ESPN ‘Very, very proud’: Thomas …

It turns out the DNA of serial ­winners cannot be developed within three months. Tottenham should have been able to announce themselves kings of the continent here in Udine, flimsy though any grand statements after a Uefa Super Cup win might be. Thomas Frank had challenged them to back up the heroics of Bilbao with a statement in the Friulian …

UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 final – England get the job done on penalties 20:46 – Full-time! England 1-1 Spain (3-1 pens) And so, another substitute Chloe Kelly will take the fifth and final penalty for England. She places the ball down, adjusts her hair, takes her huge trademark step…and smashes the spot kick into the top corner out of reach! …

It is best to ignore what’s on paper during tournaments. A week ago, Germany suffered their worst defeat, falling 4-1 to Sweden (a team now out of the tournament after losing to England on penalties). Thirteen minutes into Saturday’s quarter-final against France in Basel, Switzerland, Germany were down a defender due to a puzzling hair pull, depleting an already decimated …

When all the rivalries, the personalities and the occasion are stripped away, penalty taking is a very simple sort of game with just two players: the taker and the keeper. Fortunately there is a branch of mathematical sciences, known as Game Theory, dedicated to understanding and interrogating the dynamics of such simple competitions. To use the language of that subject, …

While watching the Euros quarterfinal between Sweden and England with an eye toward covering it, I kept changing my mind on what to write about. This is a side effect of my job and my brain, both of which combine to help me begin to see narratives as soccer matches burn through their allotted time. Some matches are straightforward in …

Sweden 0-1 England (penalty one) England won the toss, benefitting from a shootout in front of their own fans and took the first penalty. Up stepped Alessia Russo, the Lionesses’ trusty goal threat. Jennifer Falk dived the right way, but her powerful effort never looked like being stopped. “Russo has left nothing on the pitch so to strike that as …