2007 FIFA Club World Cup final

2007 FIFA Club World Cup final
Event	2007 FIFA Club World Cup
Date	16 December 2007
Venue	Nissan Stadium; Yokohama, Japan
Referee	Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Attendance	68,263
Weather	Clear night; 8 °C (46 °F); 33% humidity
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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 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 which was a repeat of the 2003 Intercontinental Cup where Milan had lost 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
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	Semi-finals	1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Match

Details

16 December 2007

19:30 (UTC+9)

Boca Juniors	2–4	Milan
Palacio 22' Ledesma 85'	Report	Inzaghi 21', 71' Nesta 50' Kaká 61'

Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 68,263^[1]

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)^[1]

Boca Juniors

Milan


GK	12	Mauricio Caranta
CB	20	Jonatan Maidana
CB	29	Gabriel Paletta	73'
CB	3	Claudio Morel
DM	5	Sebastián Battaglia	55'
RM	4	Hugo Ibarra	40'
CM	15	Álvaro González		67'
CM	24	Éver Banega
LM	19	Neri Cardozo		68'
CF	14	Rodrigo Palacio
CF	9	Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutions:
MF	8	Pablo Ledesma	88'	67'
MF	11	Leandro Gracián		68'
Manager
Miguel Ángel Russo


GK	1	Dida
RB	25	Daniele Bonera
CB	13	Alessandro Nesta
CB	3	Paolo Maldini (c)
LB	4	Kakha Kaladze	77'
CM	21	Andrea Pirlo
CM	23	Massimo Ambrosini	22'
CM	8	Gennaro Gattuso		65'
AM	22	Kaká	62'
AM	10	Clarence Seedorf		87'
CF	9	Filippo Inzaghi		76'
Substitutions:
MF	5	Emerson		65'
DF	2	Cafu		76'
MF	32	Cristian Brocchi		87'
Manager
Carlo Ancelotti

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, of which three may be used

Statistics

Overall^[3]
	Boca Juniors	Milan
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). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ "Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
^ "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

External links

FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007, FIFA.com
Technical Report and Statistics (PDF), FIFA.com

[match_report-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Match Report" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

[MoM-2] "Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

[stats-3] "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

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