2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final

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FIFA Club World Cup
2007 Final
Winner
Flag of Italy A.C. Milan
Runner-up
Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors
Score
4–2
Date
16 December 2007
Venue
Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
Man of the Match
Kaká
Website
FIFA Club World Cup

The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final took place at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan on 16 December 2007.

The match pitted the Italian club A.C. Milan against Argentinian club Club Atlético Boca Juniors. Milan won 4–2 after an entertaining 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, Club Nacional de Football, C.A. Peñarol, Real Madrid C.F. and São Paulo Futebol Clube as the only team to have won the competition four times.

[edit] Match details

2007-12-16
19:30 UTC+9
A.C. Milan Flag of Italy 4 – 2 Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 68,263
Referee: Marco Rodriguez Flag of Mexico
Inzaghi Scored after 21 minutes 21' Scored after 71 minutes 71'
Nesta Scored after 50 minutes 50'
Kaká Scored after 62 minutes 62'
Palacio Scored after 23 minutes 23'
Ambrosini Scored after 85 minutes 85' (o.g.)
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
AC Milan
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
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Boca Juniors
AC MILAN:
GK 1 Flag of Brazil Dida
DF 25 Flag of Italy Daniele Bonera
DF 13 Flag of Italy Alessandro Nesta
DF 3 Flag of Italy Paolo Maldini (c)
DF 4 Flag of Georgia (country) Kakha Kaladze Sent off after 78' 78'
MF 8 Flag of Italy Gennaro Gattuso Substituted off after 65 minutes 65'
MF 10 Flag of the Netherlands Clarence Seedorf Substituted off after 87 minutes 87'
MF 21 Flag of Italy Andrea Pirlo
MF 23 Flag of Italy Massimo Ambrosini Booked after 22 minutes 22'
FW 22 Flag of Brazil Kaká Booked after 62 minutes 62'
FW 9 Flag of Italy Filippo Inzaghi Substituted off after 76 minutes 76'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Flag of Australia Željko Kalac
GK 29 Flag of Italy Valerio Fiori
DF 2 Flag of Brazil Cafu Substituted on after 76 minutes 76'
MF 5 Flag of Brazil Emerson Substituted on after 65 minutes 65'
FW 11 Flag of Italy Alberto Gilardino
DF 17 Flag of Croatia Dario Šimić
MF 18 Flag of the Czech Republic Marek Jankulovski
DF 19 Flag of Italy Giuseppe Favalli
FW 20 Flag of France Yoann Gourcuff
MF 27 Flag of Brazil Serginho
MF 32 Flag of Italy Cristian Brocchi Substituted on after 87 minutes 87'
DF 44 Flag of Italy Massimo Oddo
Manager:
Flag of Italy Carlo Ancelotti


Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo Flag of Mexico
Pedro Rebollar Flag of Mexico
Fourth official:
Mark Shield Flag of Australia

BOCA JUNIORS:
GK 12 Flag of Argentina Mauricio Caranta
DF 3 Flag of Paraguay Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DF 20 Flag of Argentina Jonathan Maidana
DF 29 Flag of Argentina Gabriel Paletta Booked after 73 minutes 73'
DF 4 Flag of Argentina Hugo Ibarra Booked after 40 minutes 40'
MF 5 Flag of Argentina Sebastián Battaglia Booked after 55 minutes 55'
MF 15 Flag of Uruguay Álvaro González Substituted off after 67 minutes 67'
MF 19 Flag of Argentina Neri Cardozo Substituted off after 68 minutes 68'
MF 24 Flag of Argentina Éver Banega
FW 9 Flag of Argentina Martín Palermo (c)
FW 14 Flag of Argentina Rodrigo Palacio
Substitutes:
GK 1 Flag of Argentina Javier García
GK 25 Flag of Argentina Pablo Migliore
DF 2 Flag of Argentina Matías Silvestre
DF 6 Flag of Argentina Matías Cahais
MF 8 Flag of Argentina Pablo Ledesma Sent off after 88' 88' Substituted on after 67 minutes 67'
MF 11 Flag of Argentina Leandro Gracián Substituted on after 68 minutes 68'
DF 16 Flag of Argentina Juan Krupoviesa
FW 17 Flag of Argentina Mauro Boselli
FW 21 Flag of Uruguay Carlos Bueno
MF 22 Flag of Colombia Fabián Vargas*
MF 23 Flag of Argentina Jesús Dátolo
MF 27 Flag of Argentina Nicolás Bertolo
Manager:
Flag of Argentina Miguel Russo

(*): Not allowed to play the game. He was sent off in the semifinal match against Étoile du Sahel.

[edit] Statistics

A.C. Milan Boca Juniors Total
Goals scored 4 2 6
Total shots 14 16 30
Shots on target 7 8 15
Ball possession 50% 50% 100%
Actual playing time 30 minutes 29 minutes 59 minutes
Corner kicks 2 5 7
Free kicks at goal 1 1 2
Fouls committed 14 22 36
Offsides 3 4 7
Yellow cards 2 3 5
Red cards 1 1 2

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