2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final

The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, an association 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]

2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Event2008 FIFA Club World Cup
LDU Quito Manchester United
0 1
Date21 December 2008
VenueInternational Stadium, Yokohama[1]
Man of the MatchWayne Rooney (Manchester United)[2]
RefereeRavshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[1]
Attendance68,682[1]
WeatherClear night
16 °C (61 °F)
69% humidity

Road to final

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 0–1 Manchester United
Report Rooney  73'
International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 68,682[1]
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[1]
LDU Quito
Manchester United
GK1 José Francisco Cevallos 44'
RB23 Jayro Campos 36'
CB3 Renán Calle 66' 77'
CB2 Norberto Araujo
LB14 Diego Calderón
RM13 Néicer Reasco 82'
CM15 William Araujo 71'
CM8 Patricio Urrutia (c)
LM7 Luis Bolaños 87'
SS16 Claudio Bieler 2'
CF21 Damián Manso
Substitutions:
MF4 Paúl Ambrosi 77'
MF20 Pedro Larrea 82'
FW19 Reinaldo Navia 87'
Manager:
Edgardo Bauza
GK1 Edwin van der Sar
RB21 Rafael 85'
CB5 Rio Ferdinand (c)
CB15 Nemanja Vidić 49'
LB3 Patrice Evra
RM13 Park Ji-sung
CM16 Michael Carrick
CM8 Anderson 70' 88'
LM7 Cristiano Ronaldo
CF32 Carlos Tevez 51'
CF10 Wayne Rooney
Substitutions:
DF23 Jonny Evans 51'
DF2 Gary Neville 85'
MF24 Darren Fletcher 88'
Manager:
Alex Ferguson

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

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

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. "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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