Désiré Doué scores winner as PSG holds off Aston Villa in Super Cup

Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain rubber-stamped their status as Europe's top team as they beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday.The Super Cup, which pits the winners of Europe's top club competition against the victorious side from the second-tier Europa League, was officiated by Somalian referee Omar Artan.

Paris Saint-Germain retained the UEFA Super Cup with a narrow 2-1 victory over Aston Villa in Salzburg, securing the trophy for a second consecutive year.Villa started brightly and created several cha...

Paris Saint-Germain eclipsed Aston Villa as the back-to-back Champions League winners claimed the UEFA Super Cup with a 2-1 victory over the Europa League victors in Salzburg on Wednesday. Villa teenager Brian Madjo scored a glorious debut equalizer to cancel out Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s opening goal.

Paris Saint-Germain eclipsed Aston Villa as the back-to-back Champions League winners claimed the UEFA Super Cup with a 2-1 victory over the Europa League victors in Salzburg on Wednesday. Villa teenager Brian Madjo scored a glorious debut equalizer to cancel out Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s opening goal.

Uefa Super Cup: Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Aston Villa Kvaratskhelia 20, Doué 62; Madjo 45 Luis Enrique says it doesn’t matter what sport he is playing – football, tennis, padel or parchis, a board game – he wants to win every game, all the time. In Paris Saint-Germain, he has built a winning machine, the back-to-back Champions League victors maintaining their habit by conquering Aston Villa in an absorbing Super Cup contest in Salzburg. For PSG, after the joy of Munich and Budapest, three months ago, does a three-peat in Madrid in May beckon? They will surely go close. Aston Villa more than played their part in an enthralling showpiece, Brian Madjo becoming the competition’s youngest scorer after the 17-year-old cancelled out Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s opener. Villa had chances to gain the lead but Désiré Doué was the match-winner, the forward picking his spot after beating Villa’s offside trap. The goal was initially disallowed but, after a VAR review, Omar Artan, the Somali referee handed the game by Uefa after being denied entry to the US to officiate at the World Cup, awarded it after replays showed Matty Cash played Doué onside. Continue reading...

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Desire Doue scored the winner as champions of Europe Paris Saint-Germain held off Aston Villa to win the UEFA Super Cup.