2007 FIFA Club World Cup final

The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup final took place at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan on 16 December 2007.

2007 FIFA Club World Cup final
Event2007 FIFA Club World Cup
Date16 December 2007
VenueNissan Stadium
Yokohama, Japan[1]
RefereeMarco Rodríguez (Mexico)[1]
Attendance68,263[1]
WeatherClear night
8 °C (46 °F)
33% humidity
2006
2008

The match pitted Milan of Italy, the UEFA club champions, against Boca Juniors of Argentina, the CONMEBOL club champions. Milan won 4–2 in a match watched by 68,263 people. In doing so, Milan became the first non-Brazilian team – and first European – to win the Club World Cup. They won their fourth FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup which was a repeat of the 2003 Intercontinental Cup where Milan had lost to Boca Juniors. Milan also overtook Boca Juniors, Nacional, Peñarol, Real Madrid and São Paulo as the only team to have won the competition four times. Kaká was named as man of the match.[2]

Road to final

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  Boca Juniors Team   Milan
CONMEBOL Confederation UEFA
Winner of the 2007 Copa Libertadores Qualification Winner of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League
Bye Play-off round Bye
Bye Quarter-finals Bye
1–0   Étoile du Sahel Semi-finals 1–0   Urawa Red Diamonds

Match

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Details

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Boca Juniors  2–4  Milan
Palacio   22'
Ledesma   85'
Report Inzaghi   21', 71'
Nesta   50'
Kaká   61'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boca Juniors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Milan
GK 12   Mauricio Caranta
CB 20   Jonatan Maidana
CB 29   Gabriel Paletta   73'
CB 3   Claudio Morel
DM 5   Sebastián Battaglia   55'
RM 4   Hugo Ibarra   40'
CM 15   Álvaro González   67'
CM 24   Éver Banega
LM 19   Neri Cardozo   68'
CF 14   Rodrigo Palacio
CF 9   Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutions:
MF 8   Pablo Ledesma   88'   67'
MF 11   Leandro Gracián   68'
Manager
  Miguel Ángel Russo
GK 1   Dida
RB 25   Daniele Bonera
CB 13   Alessandro Nesta
CB 3   Paolo Maldini (c)
LB 4   Kakha Kaladze   77'
CM 21   Andrea Pirlo
CM 23   Massimo Ambrosini   22'
CM 8   Gennaro Gattuso   65'
AM 22   Kaká   62'
AM 10   Clarence Seedorf   87'
CF 9   Filippo Inzaghi   76'
Substitutions:
MF 5   Emerson   65'
DF 2   Cafu   76'
MF 32   Cristian Brocchi   87'
Manager
  Carlo Ancelotti

Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo (Mexico)[1]
Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)[1]
Fourth official:
Mark Shield (Australia)[1]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes, of which three may be used

Statistics

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Overall[3]
Boca Juniors Milan
Goals scored 2 4
Total shots 17 14
Shots on target 9 7
Ball possession 49% 51%
Corner kicks 5 2
Fouls committed 22 14
Offsides 4 3
Yellow cards 3 2
Red cards 1 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Match Report" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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