2008_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final

2008 FIFA Club World Cup final

2008 FIFA Club World Cup final

Football match

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.[2]

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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.[3] Their semi-final match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17 December 2008.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] 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 result was 5–3, taking Manchester United to the final.[7][8]

Match

Details

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Attendance: 68,682[1]
LDU Quito
Manchester United
GK1Ecuador José Francisco CevallosYellow card 44'
RB23Ecuador Jayro CamposYellow card 36'
CB3Ecuador Renán CalleYellow card 66'downward-facing red arrow 77'
CB2Argentina Norberto Araujo
LB14Ecuador Diego Calderón
RM13Ecuador Néicer Reascodownward-facing red arrow 82'
CM15Ecuador William AraujoYellow card 71'
CM8Ecuador Patricio Urrutia (c)
LM7Ecuador Luis Bolañosdownward-facing red arrow 87'
SS16Argentina Claudio BielerYellow card 2'
CF21Argentina Damián Manso
Substitutions:
MF4Ecuador Paúl Ambrosiupward-facing green arrow 77'
MF20Ecuador Pedro Larreaupward-facing green arrow 82'
FW19Chile Reinaldo Naviaupward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Argentina Edgardo Bauza
GK1Netherlands Edwin van der Sar
RB21Brazil Rafaeldownward-facing red arrow 85'
CB5England Rio Ferdinand (c)
CB15Serbia Nemanja VidićRed card 49'
LB3France Patrice Evra
RM13South Korea Park Ji-sung
CM16England Michael Carrick
CM8Brazil AndersonYellow card 70'downward-facing red arrow 88'
LM7Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
CF32Argentina Carlos Tevezdownward-facing red arrow 51'
CF10England Wayne Rooney
Substitutions:
DF23Northern Ireland Jonny Evansupward-facing green arrow 51'
DF2England Gary Nevilleupward-facing green arrow 85'
MF24Scotland Darren Fletcherupward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Scotland Alex Ferguson

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

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Match Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Liga de Quito 0–1 Man Utd". BBC Sport. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Al-Ahly – Pachuca Match Report". FIFA. 13 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  4. [4]
    "Pachuca – Liga de Quito Match Report". FIFA. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  5. [5]
    "In a Liga of their own". FIFA. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  6. [6]
    "Adelaide United – Gamba Osaka Match Report". FIFA. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  7. [7]
    "United hit five in thriller". FIFA. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  8. [8]
    "Gamba Osaka – Manchester United Match Report". FIFA. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  9. [9]
    "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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