2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final

2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Event 2007 FIFA Club World Cup
Boca Juniors Milan
Argentina Italy
2 4
Date 16 December 2007
Venue Nissan Stadium
Yokohama, Japan[1]
Man of the Match Kaká (Milan)[2]
Referee Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)[1]
Attendance 68,263[1]
Weather Clear night
8 °C (46 °F)
33% humidity

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 won their fourth FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup and avenged their 2003 Intercontinental Cup defeat 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
(Cardozo  37')		 Semi-finals 1–0 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
(Seedorf  68')

Match

Details

Boca Juniors Argentina 2–4 Italy Milan
Palacio  22'
Ledesma  85'		 Report Inzaghi  21', 71'
Nesta  50'
Kaká  61'
Attendance: 68,263[1]
Boca Juniors
Milan
GK12Argentina Mauricio Caranta
CB20Argentina Jonatan Maidana
CB29Argentina Gabriel PalettaYellow card 73'
CB3Paraguay Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DM5Argentina Sebastián BattagliaYellow card 55'
RM4Argentina Hugo IbarraYellow card 40'
CM15Uruguay Álvaro González 67'
CM24Argentina Éver Banega
LW19Argentina Neri Cardozo 68'
SS14Argentina Rodrigo Palacio
CF9Argentina Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutes
MF8Argentina Pablo LedesmaRed card 88' 67'
MF11Argentina Leandro Gracián 68'
Manager
Argentina Miguel Russo
GK1Brazil Dida
RB25Italy Daniele Bonera
CB13Italy Alessandro Nesta
CB4Georgia (country) Kakha KaladzeRed card 77'
LB3Italy Paolo Maldini (c)
CM8Italy Gennaro Gattuso 65'
CM21Italy Andrea Pirlo
CM23Italy Massimo AmbrosiniYellow card 22'
AM22Brazil KakáYellow card 62'
AM10Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 87'
CF9Italy Filippo Inzaghi 76'
Substitutes
MF5Brazil Émerson 65'
DF2Brazil Cafu 76'
MF32Italy Cristian Brocchi 87'
Manager
Italy Carlo Ancelotti

Man of the Match:
Brazil Kaká (Milan)[2]

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.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Overall[3]
Boca Juniors Milan
Goals scored24
Total shots1714
Shots on target97
Ball possession49%51%
Corner kicks52
Fouls committed2214
Offsides43
Yellow cards32
Red cards11

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 3 "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. ↑ "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

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