2007_FA_Community_Shield

2007 FA Community Shield

2007 FA Community Shield

Football match

The 2007 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the reigning Premier League champions and FA Cup winners. The match was played on 5 August 2007 between 2006–07 FA Premier League champions Manchester United and 2006–07 FA Cup winners Chelsea. Manchester United won the game 3–0 on penalties, after the match finished 1–1. Ryan Giggs opened the scoring in the 35th minute, before Florent Malouda equalised just before half-time.

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The match then went to penalties, in which Chelsea went first. Edwin van der Sar saved Chelsea's first three penalties, leaving Wayne Rooney with the chance to win the match for United.

It was the first Community Shield match to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. Manchester United and Chelsea also contested the last Community Shield (then the Charity Shield) to be played at the old Wembley in 2000, with Chelsea winning the match 2–0.

Match details

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Attendance: 80,731
Chelsea
Manchester United
GK1Czech Republic Petr Čech
RB2England Glen Johnsondownward-facing red arrow 78'
CB6Portugal Ricardo CarvalhoYellow card 63'
CB22Israel Tal Ben HaimYellow card 33'
LB3England Ashley Coledownward-facing red arrow 68'
DM5Ghana Michael Essien
CM12Nigeria Mikel John ObiYellow card 90+1'
CM8England Frank Lampard (c)
RW24England Shaun Wright-Phillips
LW15France Florent Maloudadownward-facing red arrow 52'
CF10England Joe Coledownward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutes:
GK23Italy Carlo Cudicini
GK40Portugal Hilário
DF39England Harry Worley
MF9England Steve Sidwellupward-facing green arrow 78'
MF19France Lassana Diarraupward-facing green arrow 68'
FW14Peru Claudio Pizarroupward-facing green arrow 52'
FW17England Scott Sinclairupward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Portugal José Mourinho
GK1Netherlands Edwin van der Sar
RB6England Wes Brown
CB5England Rio Ferdinand
CB15Serbia Nemanja Vidić
LB27France Mikaël Silvestredownward-facing red arrow 68'
RM7Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
CM22Republic of Ireland John O'Shea
CM16England Michael Carrick
LM3France Patrice Evra
SS11Wales Ryan Giggs (c)downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF10England Wayne RooneyYellow card 45+3'
Substitutes:
GK29Poland Tomasz Kuszczak
DF19Spain Gerard Piqué
DF26England Phil Bardsley
MF17Portugal Naniupward-facing green arrow 68'
MF24Scotland Darren Fletcherupward-facing green arrow 81'
MF30England Lee Martin
MF33England Chris Eagles
Manager:
Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson

Man of the match

Match officials

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of six substitutions.

Match statistics

First half

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Second half

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Overall

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References

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    "Halsey appointed". The Football Association. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
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    Mawhinney, Stuart (5 August 2007). "United win on penalties". The Football Association. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
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    "2007 FA Community Shield". FA Community Shield. 5 August 2007. Sky Sports.
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