2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final

2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Event 2008 FIFA Club World Cup
LDU Quito Manchester United
Ecuador England
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Date 21 December 2008
Venue International Stadium, Yokohama[1]
Man of the Match Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)[2]
Referee Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[1]
Attendance 68,682[1]
Weather Clear night
16 °C (61 °F)
69% humidity

The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The match took place at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan, on 21 December 2008, and pitted LDU Quito of Ecuador, the CONMEBOL club champions, and Manchester United of England, the UEFA club champions. Despite going down to ten men early in the second half, Manchester United won the match 1–0 thanks to a 73rd-minute goal from Wayne Rooney.[3]

Road to Yokohama

Both Manchester United and LDU Quito qualified for the competition at the semi-final stage, after winning their respective continental competition, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and the 2008 Copa Libertadores.

LDU Quito's opening game was against Mexican side Pachuca, who had defeated Egyptian club Al Ahly 4–2 in the quarter-finals after extra time.[4] Their semi-final match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17 December 2008.[5] LDU Quito scored two goals in the first 26 minutes, through Claudio Bieler and Luis Bolaños, securing a place in the Club World Cup final.[6]

Manchester United's semi-final opponents were Gamba Osaka, who had previously defeated Australian A-League premiers and Asian Champions League runners-up Adelaide United (1–0) to move into the second semi-final on 18 December.[7] Nemanja Vidić and Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the first half, putting Manchester United ahead by two goals at half time. Masato Yamazaki was the next to score, in the 74th minute, to bring Gamba back into the competition, but Wayne Rooney scored twice and Darren Fletcher once within the next five minutes to extend United's lead. Yasuhito Endō converted an 85th-minute penalty kick and Hideo Hashimoto got a third for Gamba just minutes before the final whistle. The end result was 5–3, taking Manchester United to the final.[8][9]

Match

Details

LDU Quito Ecuador 0–1 England Manchester United
Report Rooney  73'
Attendance: 68,682[1]
LDU Quito
Manchester United
GK1Ecuador José Francisco CevallosYellow card 44'
RB23Ecuador Jairo CamposYellow card 36'
CB3Ecuador Renán CalleYellow card 66' 77'
CB2Argentina Norberto Araujo
LB14Ecuador Diego Calderón
RM13Ecuador Néicer Reasco 82'
CM15Ecuador William AraujoYellow card 71'
CM8Ecuador Patricio Urrutia (c)
LM7Ecuador Luis Bolaños 87'
SS16Argentina Claudio BielerYellow card 2'
CF21Argentina Damián Manso
Substitutions:
MF4Ecuador Paúl Ambrosi 77'
MF20Ecuador Pedro Larrea 82'
FW19Chile Reinaldo Navia 87'
Manager:
Argentina Edgardo Bauza
GK1Netherlands Edwin van der Sar
RB21Brazil Rafael 85'
CB5England Rio Ferdinand (c)
CB15Serbia Nemanja VidićRed card 49'
LB3France Patrice Evra
RM13South Korea Park Ji-sung
CM16England Michael Carrick
CM8Brazil AndersonYellow card 70' 88'
LM7Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
CF32Argentina Carlos Tévez 51'
CF10England Wayne Rooney
Substitutions:
DF23Northern Ireland Jonny Evans 51'
DF2England Gary Neville 85'
MF24Scotland Darren Fletcher 88'
Manager:
Scotland Alex Ferguson

Man of the Match:
England Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)[2]

Assistant referees:
Uzbekistan Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)[1]
Kyrgyzstan Bahadyr Kochkorov (Kyrgyzstan)[1]
Fourth official:
Japan Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)[1]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

First half
LDU Quito Manchester United
Goals scored00
Total shots411
Shots on target05
Ball possession36%64%
Corner kicks03
Fouls committed1410
Offsides01
Yellow cards30
Red cards00
Second half
LDU Quito Manchester United
Goals scored01
Total shots65
Shots on target34
Ball possession54%46%
Corner kicks50
Fouls committed127
Offsides30
Yellow cards21
Red cards01
Overall[10]
LDU Quito Manchester United
Goals scored01
Total shots1016
Shots on target39
Ball possession45%55%
Corner kicks53
Fouls committed2617
Offsides31
Yellow cards51
Red cards01

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Match Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". RSSSF. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Liga de Quito 0–1 Man Utd". BBC Sport. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Al-Ahly – Pachuca Match Report". FIFA. 13 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Pachuca – Liga de Quito Match Report". FIFA. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  6. ↑ "In a Liga of their own". FIFA. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  7. ↑ "Adelaide United – Gamba Osaka Match Report". FIFA. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  8. ↑ "United hit five in thriller". FIFA. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  9. ↑ "Gamba Osaka – Manchester United Match Report". FIFA. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  10. ↑ "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

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