PSG Get Extra Dressing Room After Super Cup Complaint
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- PSG were allocated an extra dressing room for Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup after raising pre-game complaints that their assigned facilities were too small, prompting UEFA to hand over a spare room normally reserved for officials — without displacing any match officials.
- Aston Villa are using Red Bull Salzburg's home dressing room at Red Bull Arena, leaving PSG with the away room; PSG's complaint came at a Monday pre-game meeting where officials were told the club wanted equal space, citing their status as reigning Super Cup champions after beating Tottenham on penalties last year.
- PSG travelled to Austria with a 20-player squad including Liverpool transfer target Bradley Barcola, midfielder Vitinha, and left-back Lucas Digne, who joined PSG from Villa on Sunday — meaning Digne will face his former club the day after switching sides.
- Aston Villa are playing in their first Super Cup since 1982, with manager Unai Emery having ended the club's 30-year trophy drought by beating Freiburg in the Europa League final.
- Luis Enrique's side defend their Champions League crown, won against Arsenal in May, in Wednesday's curtain-raiser against the Europa League holders.
Why it matters: PSG leveraged their status as defending Super Cup and Champions League holders to reshape match-day logistics without any officials losing their space — a small but telling illustration of how elite clubs exert influence over the run-up to marquee fixtures. The actual contest carries bigger stakes: Villa's first Super Cup appearance in 43 years against the European champions, with Emery facing former player Digne on the opposite side.
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