PSG Get Extra Dressing Room After Super Cup Facilities Dispute
Paris Saint-Germain were given an extra dressing room at Stadion Salzburg after complaining that their facilities were too small ahead of the UEFA Super Cup against Aston Villa.
The Champions League holders, managed by Luis Enrique, were unhappy with the away dressing room allocated to them at Red Bull Arena — the home ground of Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg, which is hosting Wednesday's match. Aston Villa, by contrast, were using Salzburg's main home dressing room, leaving PSG with the visitors' quarters. BBC Sport
At a pre-game meeting on Monday, PSG officials told Uefa they felt the arrangement was unfair — particularly because they are the reigning Super Cup champions, having beaten Tottenham on penalties in last year's edition. Sources told BBC Sport that PSG wanted a dressing room matching the size of Villa's. BBC Sport
Uefa responded by allocating PSG a spare room normally used by match officials, giving the French side enough additional space to match what Villa had. No officials were moved or inconvenienced to make the arrangement work. BBC Sport
The 2026 UEFA Super Cup — the annual match between the holders of Europe's two major club competitions — takes place on Wednesday 12 August at Stadion Salzburg in Austria. PSG qualified as Champions League winners; Aston Villa earned their place by winning the Europa League, the continent's secondary club tournament, under manager Unai Emery. UEFA
PSG's official website published exclusive photos of the squad's first training session ahead of the match, held at the club's PSG Campus in Poissy before travelling to Salzburg. PSG.fr
Tickets for the one-off fixture were sold from €30 for finalists' fans. UEFA
What makes the dressing-room row stand out is how much it tells you about the fine margins clubs obsess over before a big match. A slightly smaller room will not decide a football game. But for a squad preparing for a final, every detail is treated as part of the winning equation — and PSG, as the competition's defending champions, clearly felt they had earned the right to be treated as equals rather than visitors.
For neutral fans, the subplot adds a little extra spice to what is already an intriguing pairing. Villa, back among Europe's elite under Emery's meticulous guidance, face a PSG side who finally conquered the Champions League and now want to keep collecting. The dressing rooms have been sorted. Now it is down to ninety minutes.
