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, who beat United in the final. 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.
The match then went to penalties, where Edwin van der Sar saved all three of Chelsea's penalties, leaving Wayne Rooney to score his penalty and 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
GK 1 Petr ČechRB 2 Glen Johnson CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho CB 22 Tal Ben Haim LB 3 Ashley Cole DM 5 Michael EssienDM 12 Mikel John Obi CM 8 Frank Lampard (c)RW 24 Shaun Wright-PhillipsLW 15 Florent Malouda CF 10 Joe Cole Substitutes:GK 23 Carlo CudiciniGK 40 HilárioDF 39 Harry WorleyMF 9 Steve Sidwell MF 19 Lassana Diarra FW 14 Claudio Pizarro FW 17 Scott Sinclair Manager: José Mourinho GK 1 Edwin van der SarRB 6 Wes BrownCB 5 Rio FerdinandCB 15 Nemanja VidićLB 27 Mikaël Silvestre RM 7 Cristiano RonaldoCM 22 John O'SheaCM 16 Michael CarrickLM 3 Patrice EvraSS 11 Ryan Giggs (c) CF 10 Wayne Rooney Substitutes:GK 29 Tomasz KuszczakDF 19 Gerard PiquéDF 26 Phil BardsleyMF 24 Darren Fletcher MF 30 Lee MartinFW 17 Nani FW 33 Chris EaglesManager: Sir Alex Ferguson Man of the match Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
Match officials Assistant referees: Darren Cann (Norfolk) Martin Yerby (Kent) Fourth official: Chris Foy (Merseyside)Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of six substitutions.
Match statistics First half StatisticChelseaManchester UnitedTotal shots 3 6Shots on target 2 2Ball possession 52% 48%Corner kicks 1 3Fouls committed 8 9Offsides 1 0Yellow cards 1 1Red cards 0 0Second half StatisticChelseaManchester UnitedTotal shots 2 4Shots on target 0 2Ball possession 50% 50%Corner kicks 4 5Fouls committed 6 6Offsides 2 1Yellow cards 2 0Red cards 0 0Overall StatisticChelseaManchester UnitedTotal shots 5 10Shots on target 2 4Ball possession 52% 48%Corner kicks 5 8Fouls committed 14 15Offsides 3 1Yellow cards 3 1Red cards 0 0
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References
External links
Community Shield 2007 at TheFA.com