17-Year-Old Brian Madjo Scores Equaliser for Aston Villa Against PSG in UEFA Super Cup
A 17-year-old boy dragged Aston Villa level against Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup final. Brian Madjo, barely old enough to drive, came off the bench and scored Villa's first goal of the night to cancel out PSG's lead in Salzburg.
The match kicked off at 21:00 CET on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at Stadion Salzburg in Austria, pitting the winners of Europe's two major club competitions against each other. PSG qualified as Champions League winners; Villa earned their place by lifting the Europa League, the continent's second-tier club tournament. For PSG, the night carried the added incentive of a second consecutive Super Cup title. For Villa, it was a first appearance in the fixture — and a teenage substitute gave them a moment nobody in the stadium will forget in a hurry.
Madjo's equaliser, confirmed by BBC Sport's coverage published on 12 August, was Villa's opening goal of the match (BBC Sport). Al Jazeera's live blog captured the teenager's involvement beyond the goal itself, describing a strong run down the right flank that won his side a throw-in — a detail that paints the picture of a player brimming with confidence rather than overwhelmed by the occasion (Al Jazeera). One Villa fan in the stands was so carried away by the equaliser that he exposed his backside to the cameras while celebrating (The Sun). Joy makes people do strange things.
The goal did not arrive from nowhere. Villa's pre-season campaign offered glimpses of what Madjo could do. He scored his third goal of a productive summer in a 2-4 friendly defeat to Real Sociedad on 28 July, having already featured three days earlier in a 2-1 loss to FC Porto (Aston Villa Official Site). The club closed their pre-season tour of Asia with a 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in Hong Kong on 7 August, a match defender Pau Torres described as hard-fought (Aston Villa Official Site). Through all of that, Madjo kept finding the net — quietly, steadily, without fanfare.
What makes this stand out is the stage. Pre-season friendlies are one thing; a UEFA Super Cup final against the champions of Europe is quite another. A 17-year-old scoring an equaliser in that setting is the sort of moment that seizes the imagination — not because it was a screamer from 30 yards, but because of who did it and when. Villa's supporters travelled to Austria in numbers, their club reporter Mark Regan among them covering from Salzburg, and they got a memory to take home regardless of the final result (Aston Villa Official Site).
For neutral watchers, the name Brian Madjo is one to file away. Seventeen years old, scoring on a European night against one of the biggest clubs in the world. Nights like this are why football keeps producing new stories.
