Khvicha  Kvaratskhellia and Desire Doue scored a goal each for the European champions, while 17-year-old Luxembourger Brian Maggio had equalized for Aston Villa. In fact, the teenager was a revelation of the match as he was a constant source of danger for the French defense.

The Super Cup, which pits the winners of Europe’s top club competition against the winners of the second-tier Europa League, was refereed by 34-year-old Somali referee Omar Artan.

The latter had unwittingly found himself in the media spotlight in June after being refused entry upon arrival at Miami International Airport, despite being a member of the referees’ panel selected by FIFA for the 23rd World Cup.

Paris Saint-Germain therefore picked up where they left off in Budapest in May. Back then, they had beaten English champions Arsenal on penalties and had successfully defended their European title. Now, in Salzburg, they defeated another English team, Aston Villa, 2-1. Thus he made …a foothold in the new season, winning the European Super Cup for the second year in a row! On the other hand, the Basque, the Villans' coach, Unai Emery, lost this title for the 4th time in his career.

Although the English threatened first, with a long shot by Kamara that went past the post. The rest belonged to Paris, which took the reins and opened the scoring in the 20th minute. The once again amazing Georgian winger, Kvaratskhelia, converged towards the area and with a powerful shot surprised the goalkeeper, Bizot , writing 1-0. A little later, the Villans could have equalized but the 17-year-old Majo was unable to score correctly with a header from close range. 

The Birmingham team continued to create chances and in the 45th minute equalized. The 17-year-old English striker jumped to the far post and with an impressive shot wrote 1-1 after a cross from the Scot McGinn from the right. Aston Villa entered the second half strongly where the wonderful Russian goalkeeper Savonov once again blocked a strong shot from McGinn in the 50th minute. However, Paris had not said its last word. In the 61st minute, the very fast right winger, Desire Doue entered the opponent's area and with a wonderful place in the other agony wrote 2-1 in favor of the Parisians. A goal that was confirmed after the intervention of VAR which overturned the referee's initial decision for offside.

The main protagonist of the French victory was Desire Doue, who had the assist in the 1-0 and gave the cup to his team in the 62nd minute. In fact, the 20-year-old winger became the first footballer since Uruguayan Luis Suarez in 2015, who scored a goal and provided an assist in the same final.

Desiree Doue

"This is amazing, winning this trophy is amazing," Doue told TNT Sports. "This is really difficult, because before this, you have to win the Champions League. We did it again, and we won the Super Cup for the second time, so this is amazing for us."

The Qatar-backed Ligue 1 champions managed to hold on to make a winning start to their new season, which they hope will end with a third consecutive UEFA Champions League crown.

"It's so difficult to win consecutive tournaments, so you have to make the most of it, be ambitious and professional, and try to win again," PSG coach Luis Enrique told Canal+. "That's our objective."

Emiliano Buendia

"Not a good feeling. We can be proud of the game we did. We competed well," Villa's Emiliano Buendia said. "They are top players. They get chances, they score and they won the game."

The Golden Book of the European Super Cup

• 6 wins by Real Madrid (2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024)

• 5 wins by Milan (1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007), Barcelona (1992, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2015)

• 4 wins by Liverpool (1977, 2001, 2005, 2019)

• 3 wins by Atletico Madrid (2010, 2012, 2018)

• 2 wins by Anderlecht (1976, 1978), Ajax (1973, 1995), Juventus (1984, 1996), Valencia (1980, 2004), Bayern (2013, 2020), Chelsea (1998, 2021)

• 1 win Dynamo Kiev (1975), Nottingham (1979), Aston Villa (1982), Aberdeen (1983), Porto (1987), Mechelen (1988), Manchester United (1991), Parma (1993), Lazio (1999), Galatasaray (2000), Sevilla (2006), Zenit (2008), Manchester City (2023), Paris Saint-Germain (2025,2026)