The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup final took place at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan on 16 December 2007.
The match pitted Boca Juniors of Argentina, the CONMEBOL club champions, against Milan of Italy, the UEFA 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.
Road to final Boca JuniorsTeam MilanCONMEBOLConfederationUEFAWinner of the 2007 Copa LibertadoresQualificationWinner of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions LeagueByePlay-off roundByeByeQuarter-finalsBye1–0 Étoile du SahelSemi-finals1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
Match Details
GK 12 Mauricio CarantaRB 4 Hugo Ibarra CB 20 Jonatan MaidanaCB 29 Gabriel Paletta LB 3 Claudio MorelDM 5 Sebastián Battaglia RM 15 Álvaro González LM 24 Éver BanegaAM 19 Neri Cardozo CF 14 Rodrigo PalacioCF 9 Martín Palermo (c)Substitutions:MF 8 Pablo Ledesma MF 11 Leandro Gracián Manager Miguel Ángel Russo GK 1 DidaRB 25 Daniele BoneraCB 13 Alessandro NestaCB 4 Kakha Kaladze LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c)DM 21 Andrea PirloRM 8 Gennaro Gattuso CM 23 Massimo Ambrosini LM 10 Clarence Seedorf AM 22 Kaká CF 9 Filippo Inzaghi Substitutions:MF 5 Emerson DF 2 Cafu MF 32 Cristian Brocchi Manager Carlo Ancelotti Assistant referees: José Luis Camargo (Mexico) Pedro Rebollar (Mexico) Fourth official: Mark Shield (Australia)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 Boca Juniors MilanGoals scored 2 4Total shots 17 14Shots on target 9 7Ball possession 49% 51%Corner kicks 5 2Fouls committed 22 14Offsides 4 3Yellow cards 3 2Red cards 1 1
See also 2003 Intercontinental Cup – contested between same teams A.C. Milan in European football
References
External links FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007, FIFA.com Technical Report and Statistics (PDF), FIFA.com