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
Boca Juniors A.C. Milan
2 4
Date16 December 2007
VenueNissan Stadium
Yokohama, Japan[1]
Man of the MatchKaká (A.C. Milan)[2]
RefereeMarco Rodríguez (Mexico)[1]
Attendance68,263[1]
WeatherClear night
8 °C (46 °F)
33% humidity

The match pitted A.C. 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 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
Boca Juniors Team A.C. 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
(Cardozo  37')		 Semi-finals 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
(Seedorf  68')

Match

Details
Boca Juniors 2–4 A.C. Milan
Palacio  22'
Ledesma  85'		 Report Inzaghi  21', 71'
Nesta  50'
Kaká  61'
Attendance: 68,263[1]
Boca Juniors
A.C. Milan
GK12 Mauricio Caranta
CB20 Jonatan Maidana
CB29 Gabriel Paletta 73'
CB3 Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DM5 Sebastián Battaglia 55'
RM4 Hugo Ibarra 40'
CM15 Álvaro González 67'
CM24 Éver Banega
LW19 Neri Cardozo 68'
SS14 Rodrigo Palacio
CF9 Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutes
MF8 Pablo Ledesma 88' 67'
MF11 Leandro Gracián 68'
Manager
Miguel Russo
GK1 Dida
RB25 Daniele Bonera
CB13 Alessandro Nesta
CB4 Kakha Kaladze 77'
LB3 Paolo Maldini (c)
CM8 Gennaro Gattuso 65'
CM21 Andrea Pirlo
CM23 Massimo Ambrosini 22'
AM22 Kaká 62'
AM10 Clarence Seedorf 87'
CF9 Filippo Inzaghi 76'
Substitutes
MF5 Emerson 65'
DF2 Cafu 76'
MF32 Cristian Brocchi 87'
Manager
Carlo Ancelotti

Man of the Match:
Kaká (A.C. 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 A.C. Milan
Goals scored24
Total shots1714
Shots on target97
Ball possession49%51%
Corner kicks52
Fouls committed2214
Offsides43
Yellow cards32
Red cards11

See also

References
  1. "Match Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  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. "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

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