The Holy Trinity: Aston Villa conclusions from UEFA Super Cup loss against Paris Saint-Germain

Villa played their part in a thrilling final and it was the youngsters who stole the show

News of Brian Madjo’s injury has taken the sting out of the barrage of publicity that followed his UEFA Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain in Salzburg.

Aston Villa were beaten 2-1 by an under-par but clinical PSG side and Madjo scored the Villa goal in the first half to draw the Europa League winners level for a while.

Unai Emery could have seen his team get battered. PSG haven’t played lots in pre-season so far and had many players maintain their World Cup interest into the latter rounds, but the back-to-back Champions League winners are quite something when they’re at full pelt.

Nevertheless, Villa missed a ton of chances of their own late in the first half before Madjo smashed in his first competitive Villa goal. They might lose him in January but if they do it will be for a billion pounds.

Here’s your Holy Trinity of match conclusions.