2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final

2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Event 2009 FIFA Club World Cup
Estudiantes Barcelona
Argentina Spain
1 2
After extra time
Date 19 December 2009
Venue Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi[1]
Man of the Match Lionel Messi (Barcelona)[2]
Referee Benito Archundia (Mexico)[1]
Attendance 43,050[1]
Weather Partly cloudy
22 °C (72 °F)
60% humidity

The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2009 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 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 19 December 2009, and pitted Estudiantes of Argentina, the CONMEBOL club champions, against Barcelona of Spain, the UEFA club champions.

Estudiantes forward Mauro Boselli opened the scoring in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised for Barcelona with one minute left in regulation time. Lionel Messi scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of the second half of extra time, securing Barcelona's record sixth trophy for the 2009 calendar year.[3][4]

Road to final

Argentina Estudiantes Team Spain Barcelona
CONMEBOL Confederation UEFA
Winner of the 2009 Copa Libertadores Qualification Winner of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
Bye Play-off round Bye
Bye Quarter-finals Bye
2–1 South Korea Pohang Steelers
(Benítez  45+2', 53')		 Semi-finals 3–1 Mexico Atlante
(Busquets  35', Messi  55', Pedro  67')

Match

Details

Juan Sebastián Verón takes a corner during the final.
Xavi takes a corner during the final.
Estudiantes Argentina 1–2 (a.e.t.) Spain Barcelona
Boselli  37' Report Pedro  89'
Messi  110'
Attendance: 43,050[1]
Estudiantes
Barcelona
GK25Argentina Damián Albil
SW2Argentina Leandro DesábatoYellow card 119'
RB30Argentina Clemente RodríguezYellow card 58'
CB3Argentina Christian Cellay
CB16Argentina Germán Ré 90+1'
LB13Uruguay Juan Manuel DíazYellow card 45+2'
DM22Argentina Rodrigo BrañaYellow card 119'
RM8Argentina Enzo PérezYellow card 65' 79'
CM11Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón (c)
LM23Argentina Leandro Benítez 76'
CF17Argentina Mauro Boselli
Substitutions:
MF5Argentina Matías SánchezYellow card 94' 76'
MF18Argentina Maxi Núñez 79'
DF21Argentina Marcos RojoYellow card 112' 90+1'
Manager:
Argentina Alejandro Sabella
GK1Spain Víctor ValdésYellow card 118'
RB2Brazil Dani Alves
CB3Spain Gerard Piqué
CB5Spain Carles Puyol (c)
LB22France Éric Abidal
DM15Mali Seydou Keita 46'
CM6Spain Xavi
CM16Spain Sergio Busquets 79'
RW10Argentina Lionel MessiYellow card 23'
LW14France Thierry HenryYellow card 82' 83'
CF9Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
Substitutions:
FW17Spain Pedro 46'
MF24Ivory Coast Yaya Touré 79'
FW7Venezuela Jeffrén 83'
Manager:
Spain Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match:
Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)[2]

Assistant referees:
Canada Héctor Vergara (Canada)[1]
Mexico Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)[1]
Fourth official:
Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[1]
Reserve assistant referee:
Uzbekistan Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)[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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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. ↑ "Barcelona beat Estudiantes to win the Club World Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Messi seals number six". ESPN Soccernet. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

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