PSG retain UEFA Super Cup with 2-1 win over Aston Villa

Paris Saint-Germain retained the UEFA Super Cup with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa in Salzburg on Wednesday, becoming the first team since Real Madrid (2016-17) to win back-to-back titles Source: Al Jazeera. Goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Désiré Doué secured the win, while 17-year-old Brian Madjo scored for Villa on his competitive debut Source: CNA.

Key moments

• Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring in the 20th minute with a stunning strike, but Madjo equalised on the stroke of halftime with a volley Source: CNA.
• Doué's 61st-minute goal was initially ruled offside but awarded after VAR review, with Matty Cash judged to have played him onside Source: Al Jazeera.
• Madjo became the youngest-ever UEFA Super Cup scorer, aged 17, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared him to play Source: CNA.

Off-pitch context

The match was refereed by Somali official Omar Artan, the first non-European to take charge of the Super Cup. The United States had barred Artan from officiating at the World Cup over vetting concerns, a decision UEFA countered by appointing him Source: Al Jazeera. This came amid growing tension between UEFA and FIFA, with UEFA leading a campaign to remove Gianni Infantino as FIFA president Source: Al Jazeera.

What's next

PSG, who beat Tottenham on penalties last year, will defend the French Super Cup against Lens on Sunday Source: CNA. Villa, who won the Super Cup in 1982, have now lost all four of Unai Emery's appearances in the competition Source: CNA.