2007 FIFA Club World Cup final
Event2007 FIFA Club World Cup
Boca Juniors Milan
Argentina Italy
2 4
Date16 December 2007
VenueNissan Stadium
Yokohama, Japan[1]
RefereeMarco Rodríguez (Mexico)[1]
Attendance68,263[1]
WeatherClear night
8 °C (46 °F)
33% humidity
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The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup final took place at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan on 16 December 2007.

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

Argentina Boca Juniors Team Italy 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 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel Semi-finals 1–0 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds

Match

Details

Boca Juniors Argentina2–4Italy Milan
Palacio 22'
Ledesma 85'		 Report Inzaghi 21', 71'
Nesta 50'
Kaká 61'
Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 68,263[1]
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)[1]
Boca Juniors
Milan
GK 12 Argentina Mauricio Caranta
CB 20 Argentina Jonatan Maidana
CB 29 Argentina Gabriel Paletta Yellow card 73'
CB 3 Paraguay Claudio Morel
DM 5 Argentina Sebastián Battaglia Yellow card 55'
RM 4 Argentina Hugo Ibarra Yellow card 40'
CM 15 Uruguay Álvaro González downward-facing red arrow 67'
CM 24 Argentina Éver Banega
LM 19 Argentina Neri Cardozo downward-facing red arrow 68'
CF 14 Argentina Rodrigo Palacio
CF 9 Argentina Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutions:
MF 8 Argentina Pablo Ledesma Red card 88' upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 11 Argentina Leandro Gracián upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager
Argentina Miguel Ángel Russo
GK 1 Brazil Dida
RB 25 Italy Daniele Bonera
CB 13 Italy Alessandro Nesta
CB 3 Italy Paolo Maldini (c)
LB 4 Georgia (country) Kakha Kaladze Red card 77'
CM 21 Italy Andrea Pirlo
CM 23 Italy Massimo Ambrosini Yellow card 22'
CM 8 Italy Gennaro Gattuso downward-facing red arrow 65'
AM 22 Brazil Kaká Yellow card 62'
AM 10 Netherlands Clarence Seedorf downward-facing red arrow 87'
CF 9 Italy Filippo Inzaghi downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutions:
MF 5 Brazil Emerson upward-facing green arrow 65'
DF 2 Brazil Cafu upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 32 Italy Cristian Brocchi upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager
Italy 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

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

References

  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.

External links

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