A goal from teenager Brian Madjo was the highlight for Villa.

Unai Emery claimed Villa should feel proud despite losing the European Super Cup to Paris Saint-Germain.

Teenager Brian Madjo scored his first senior club goal to draw Emery’s men level in Salzburg, after Kvicha Kvaratskhelia had opened the scoring for the Champions League winner.

Villa, missing several key players, competed well but were ultimately undone in the second half, with Desire Doue bagging a winner for the Parisiens.

Emery said: "With a loss, you can never feel happy but how we compete, how the players respond on the field for 90 minutes.

“And our chances to score, we must feel really very proud of what we have done today.”

Madjo went close to scoring several times before eventually finding the net just before the break.

Wednesday was the 17-year-old’s first competitive match since joining Villa from Metz for £10million in January.

The club won an appeal to the court of arbitration for sport earlier this month, after Fifa had initially blocked Madjo from being registered before his 18th birthday.

Emery also handed 19-year-old George Hemmings a start and said of the pair: "Their experiences and having days like today are very important.

“They show how are they are learning after their hard work. This is the way, we decided before the game how we wanted to play this game, we have worked the players in these positions.”

Villa midfielder Emi Buendia told TNT Sports: "It’s not a good feeling. We can be proud of the game we did. We competed well. We had chances.

"They are top players. They get chances, they score and they won the game.

"We were there and competing very well [at 1-1]. At the end of the first half we had chances. Second half we were showing character.

"I tried to help him (Brian Madjo). He's young. He has good development.

"There are changes (this summer) but the structure, the manager and the club want to keep. We have to keep working hard."