2007 FIFA Club World Cup final
Event | 2007 FIFA Club World Cup | ||||||
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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
Boca Juniors | Team | Milan |
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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
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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Statistics
Boca Juniors | Milan | |
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Goals scored | 2 | 4 |
Total shots | 17 | 14 |
Shots on target | 9 | 7 |
Ball possession | 49% | 51% |
Corner kicks | 5 | 2 |
Fouls committed | 22 | 14 |
Offsides | 4 | 3 |
Yellow cards | 3 | 2 |
Red cards | 1 | 1 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Match Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ a b c "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.
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External links
- FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007, FIFA.com
- Technical Report and Statistics (PDF), FIFA.com