PSG beats Aston Villa 2-1 to repeat in UEFA Super Cup

Nbcwashington · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 12, 2026 · 317 words · By Sanjesh Singh

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Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain repeated in the annual game, taking down Premier League club Aston Villa 2-1 in Salzburg, Austria, on Wednesday.

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What happened

Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain repeated in the annual game, taking down Premier League club Aston Villa 2-1 in Salzburg, Austria, on Wednesday.

Why it matters

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Common ground

The French club is now just the third team to repeat in the Super Cup, following Italian side AC Milan and Spanish giants Real Madrid.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In the 20th minute, the star forward pairing of Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia linked up to open the scoring.”

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The Canberra Times and herald both report that Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Desire Doue scored in the 2-1 victory, with Kvaratskhelia specifically credited with opening the scoring.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, the 70th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 33rd season since…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_UEFA_Champions_League_fin…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UEFA Super Cup was the 51st edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the top two European club competitions, the UE…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Super_Cup

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Désiré Nonka-Maho Doué (French pronunciation: [deziʁe dwe, -due]; born 3 June 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Désiré_Doué

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Claim 2: “In the 61st minute, Dembele threaded a ball into Doue that resulted in a goal following a potential offside review.”

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FOX Sports confirms Desire Doue scored the winning goal in the 2-1 victory over Aston Villa in the 2026 UEFA Super Cup.

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web search NEUTRAL — On 1 October 2023, Doué scored his first goal in the 2023–24 Ligue 1 season in a 3–1 win against Nantes.[16] On 26 January 2024 against Lyon, he assisted Rennes' first goal by Martin Terrier, and scor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Désiré_Doué

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web search NEUTRAL — Scores title-clinching goal Doue scored a goal in Wednesday's 2-1 win over Aston Villa in the 2026 UEFA Super Cup. Impact Doue started upfront for the French club and proved to be decisive, scoring th…
https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/desire-doue-player

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web search NEUTRAL — ...lorenzof7 Follow me on Instagram - / iamlorenzof7 The video include Football Skills, Tricks, Dribbling & Goals from Lamine Yamal, Mohammed Salah, Vinicius Júnior, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, N…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfu3kGVJomg

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Claim 3: “He peeled off to the backpost and connected on John McGinn's inswinging cross for his breakout moment.”

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Wikipedia (2026 UEFA Super Cup) and The Mirror both explicitly state that Brian Madjo's goal came from a cross by John McGinn.

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web search NEUTRAL — It was 1–1 in the 45th minute when Brian Madjo finished high to the net from six yards out with a side-footed volley after a cross from John McGinn from the right. This goal made him the youngest play…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Super_Cup

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web search NEUTRAL — Madjo scored a crucial equaliser for Aston Villa against Paris Saint-Germain. The striker joined the club in a surprise £12 million deal from Metz on January 2026.John McGinn is not refusing a cross. …
https://www.goal.com/en-sa/lists/17-year-old-aston-villa-tal…

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web search NEUTRAL — Brian Madjo punches the air after scoring for Aston Villa on the stroke of half-time.Madjo had a hat-trick of chances from John McGinn’s cunning crosses before levelling.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/12/uefa-super-…

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Claim 4: “But playing without starters in Ollie Watkins, Ezri Konsa and Emi Martinez was always going to be a tough hurdle to overcome. Those players were on break due to deep runs in the World Cup.”

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No evidence was found regarding the absence of Watkins, Konsa, and Martinez due to World Cup participation in the provided search results.

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Claim 5: “Reigning Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembele then came on at halftime for new signing Maghnes Akliouche.”

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Wikipedia and other web sources confirm Ousmane Dembélé is the current Ballon d'Or winner. The specific substitution for Akliouche is not explicitly detailed in the evidence but the status of Dembele is verified.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ousmane Dembélé is the current award holder. Note: Until 2021, the Ballon d'Or was awarded based on player performance during the calendar year.Two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alfredo Di Stéfano, recipien…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d'Or

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web search NEUTRAL — Browse the complete list of every Ballon d'Or winner from 1956 to today.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ousmane Dembélé’s Ballon d’Or victory on Monday was deeply emotional, not just for him, but for his family and heritage Softfootball reports.
https://www.softfootball.com/ousmane-dembeles-mother-plans-t…

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Claim 6: “Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain repeated in the annual game, taking down Premier League club Aston Villa 2-1 in Salzburg, Austria, on Wednesday.”

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Multiple sources, including The Canberra Times and herald, confirm PSG defeated Aston Villa 2-1 to retain the UEFA Super Cup. Wikipedia confirms the 2026 UEFA Super Cup took place.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League, the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 season is the 57th season in the history of Paris Saint-Germain, and the club's 53rd consecutive season in the French top flight. The club is participating in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–27_Paris_Saint-Germain_FC…

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Claim 7: “Villa still had some moments to equalize in the aftermath and ended the game with 15 shots, three more than PSG.”

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No evidence was found regarding the specific shot counts (15 for Villa, 12 for PSG) in the provided search results.

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Claim 8: “New signing Johan Manzambi, who broke out for Switzerland in the World Cup, is also nursing an injury and didn't compete.”

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Claim 9: “PSG came back to beat fellow English side Tottenham last year.”

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The Canberra Times and a TikTok report both state that PSG defeated Tottenham in the previous year's Super Cup (with the former specifying it was on penalties).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 UEFA Super Cup was the 50th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the top two European club competitions, the UE…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_UEFA_Super_Cup

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain (French: [paʁi sɛ̃ʒɛʁmɛ̃]), PSG, Paris, or Paris SG, is a French professional football club based in Paris. Founded in 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_FC

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Claim 10: “Brian Madjo, a new 17-year-old striker, equalized just before halftime.”

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Multiple sources (The Mirror, Daily Sabah, and a web search result) confirm that 17-year-old Brian Madjo scored the equalizer for Aston Villa just before halftime.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Aston Villa Under-21s, formerly known as Aston Villa Reserves and Aston Villa Under-23s, are the most senior youth development team of Aston Villa and compete in Premier League 2, the EFL Trophy a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C._Under-21s_and…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brian Djomeni Madjo (born 12 January 2009) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Aston Villa. Madjo is a product of the Marisca Mersch and Racing Union academies …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Madjo

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Claim 11: “The French club is now just the third team to repeat in the Super Cup, following Italian side AC Milan and Spanish giants Real Madrid.”

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While the win is corroborated, the specific claim that PSG is only the third team to repeat the Super Cup (alongside AC Milan and Real Madrid) is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 season is the 128th season in the existence of AC Milan, and the club's 93nd season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Milan will also participate i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–27_AC_Milan_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Milan Škriniar (born 11 February 1995) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains the Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Slovakia national team. Škriniar began his …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paris Saint-Germain FC are the most successful French club in international competitions. They have won six European titles: the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996, the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2001, the UEFA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_FC_in_inte…

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