Tottenham slam racist abuse of Tel after defeat by PSG in UEFA Super Cup

French guardant Mathys Tel was 1 of 2 Tottenham players to miss their penalties successful the UEFA Super Cup decision by PSG.

Tottenham has slammed the “cowards” who racially abused French guardant Mathys Tel successful the aftermath of the team’s nonaccomplishment to Paris Saint-Germain successful the UEFA Super Cup aft a punishment shootout.

The 20-year-old Tel, who is Black, was 1 of 2 Tottenham players who failed to person their penalties arsenic they mislaid the shootout 4-3 to PSG aft a 2-2 draw.

“We are disgusted astatine the radical maltreatment that Mathys Tel has received connected societal media pursuing past night’s UEFA Super Cup defeat,” Tottenham said successful a statement.

“Mathys showed bravery and courageousness to measurement guardant and instrumentality a penalty, yet those who maltreatment him are thing but cowards – hiding down anonymous usernames and profiles to spout their abhorrent views.”

Tottenham said the nine volition enactment with the authorities and societal media platforms to instrumentality “the strongest imaginable enactment against immoderate idiosyncratic we are capable to identify”.

“We basal with you, Mathys,” Spurs added.

Tel, who joined the squad connected a imperishable ground from Bayern Munich successful the offseason aft a indebtedness spell past season, went connected arsenic a substitute successful the 79th infinitesimal erstwhile Tottenham was 2-0 ahead.

He deed his shootout punishment wide.

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