2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final took place at the Nissan Stadium

Nissan Stadium

The is a sports venue in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.The Yokohama City Office planned multi purpose about the rest place for flood by the Tsurumi River, which included the construction of the main stadium of major sport events - the 53rd National Sports Festival of Japan in Kanagawa...

, Yokohama

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

on 16 December 2007.

The match pitted Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

of Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

against Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

's Boca Juniors. Milan won 4–2 in a match watched by 68,263 people. In doing so, Milan won their fourth FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup

The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...

/Intercontinental Cup

Intercontinental Cup (football)

The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...

and avenged their 2003 Intercontinental Cup defeat to Boca Juniors. Milan also overtook Boca Juniors, Nacional

Club Nacional de Football

Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....

, Peñarol

C.A. Peñarol

Club Atlético Peñarol also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and familiarly as Manya, is an Uruguayan sports club based in the Peñarol barrio, Montevideo, best known for its professional football team. The team plays their home matches in Estadio Centenario, the largest stadium in the country, but...

, Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

and São Paulo as the only team to have won the competition four times. Kaká

Kaká

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite , commonly known as Kaká , is a Brazilian football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team. Kaká started his footballing career at the age of eight, when he began playing for a local club...

was named as man of the match

Man of the match

In sport, a Man of the Match or Player of the Game or Man of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by other sports. This can be a...

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	BOCA JUNIORS
GK	12	Mauricio Caranta Mauricio Caranta Maurico Ariel Caranta is an Argentine footballer goalkeeper who plays for Lanús.-Career:Caranta started his career with Instituto de Córdoba in 1999. He helped Instituto to win the Primera B Nacional Apertura in the 2003-04 season and promotion to the Primera División at the end of the 2003-04...
DF	3	Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DF	20	Jonathan Maidana Jonathan Maidana Jonathan Ramón Maidana is an Argentine football central defender. He currently plays for River Plate.-Career:After an initial period in Los Andes, Maidana transferred to Boca Juniors and made his debut with a 9 minute substitute appearance in a 2–2 draw with São Paulo F.C. in the 2006 Recopa...
DF	29	Gabriel Paletta Gabriel Paletta Gabriel Alejandro Paletta is an Argentine central defender who currently plays for Parma in Italy's Serie A.-Banfield:...
DF	4	Hugo Ibarra
MF	5	Sebastián Battaglia Sebastián Battaglia Sebastián Alejandro Battaglia is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays with Argentine club Boca Juniors.-Career:...
MF	15	Álvaro González Álvaro González Álvaro Rafael González Luengo is a Uruguayan football right winger who currently plays for Lazio in the Italian Serie A.-Club career:...
MF	19	Neri Cardozo Neri Cardozo Neri Raúl Cardozo is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for CF Monterrey in the Primera Division de Mexico.-Club career:...
MF	24	Éver Banega Éver Banega Éver Maximiliano David Banega is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Valencia CF in Spain, mainly as a central midfielder.-Boca Juniors:...
FW	9	Martín Palermo Martín Palermo Martín Palermo is a retired Argentine footballer who formerly played for Boca Juniors of Argentina, and the Argentina national team... (c)
FW	14	Rodrigo Palacio Rodrigo Palacio Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio is an Argentine footballer of Spanish descent currently playing for Serie A club Genoa. He plays as a second striker and winger. One of his greatest skills is his speed, which he utilizes very effectively down the flanks. He is son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player...
Substitutes
GK	1	Javier García Javier Hernán García Javier Hernán García , is an Argentine football Goalkeeper who plays for Tigre in the Argentine Primera División.-Club career:...
DF	2	Matías Silvestre
DF	6	Matías Cahais Matías Cahais Matías Cahais is an Argentine football central defender. He plays for Racing Club.- Club career :...
MF	8	Pablo Ledesma Pablo Ledesma Pablo Martín Ledesma is an Argentine professional footballer, currently playing for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.-River Plate:...
MF	11	Leandro Gracián Leandro Gracián Leandro Gracián is an Argentine football player, who plays for Boca Juniors.-Career:Gracián started his professional career with Vélez Sársfield where he was part of the team that won the Clausura 2005 tournament....
DF	16	Juan Krupoviesa Juan Krupoviesa Juan Ángel Krupoviesa is an Argentine football full back who currently plays for Chacarita Juniors in the Argentine Primera B Nacional.-Career:...
FW	17	Mauro Boselli Mauro Boselli Mauro Boselli is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Estudiantes on loan from Wigan Athletic.-Boca Juniors:...
FW	21	Carlos Bueno Carlos Bueno Carlos Heber Bueno Suárez is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Querétaro F.C. in Mexico, as a striker.-Club career:...
MF	23	Jesús Dátolo Jesús Dátolo Jesús Alberto Dátolo is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for La Liga club RCD Espanyol.-Club career:Dátolo started his career in 2000 at Cañuelas in Primera C Metropolitana, Argentina's fourth division. In 2002 he signed for Primera División club, Banfield and broke into the...
GK	25	Pablo Migliore Pablo Migliore Pablo Migliore is an Argentine football goalkeeper who plays for San Lorenzo.Migliore started his career with Germinal de Rawson before moving to Huracán in 2003....
MF	27	Nicolás Bertolo Nicolás Bertolo Nicolás Santiago Bertolo is an Argentine football midfielder who is currently contracted with Italian club Palermo. His nickname is El Cordobes.- Career :...
MF	22	Fabián Vargas
Manager
Miguel Russo Miguel Ángel Russo Miguel Ángel Russo is an Argentine football coach and former player, who now coaches Estudiantes.-Career:...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> MILAN | GK 1

Dida DF 25

Daniele Bonera

Daniele Bonera is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan.-Brescia:Bonera started his career for Brescia Calcio, making his first team debut in 1999–2000, in Serie B league...

DF 13

Alessandro Nesta

Alessandro Nesta, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan. Considered by many as one of the best centre backs to have ever played the game, he is a four-time member of the annual UEFA Team of the Year.-Early life:Nesta was raised in...

DF 3

Paolo Maldini

Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club...

Kakha Kaladze MF 8

Gennaro Gattuso

Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer, who plays for Serie A club Milan. He mainly plays as a defensive midfielder. Gattuso is an aggressive, hard tackling player and in his prime, was widely regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world...

MF 10

Clarence Seedorf

Clarence Clyde Seedorf OON is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan. Seedorf is the first player to have won the Champions League with three different clubs - Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and Milan in 2003 and 2007...

MF 21

Andrea Pirlo

Andrea Pirlo, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus, and for the Italian national team. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy and is regarded as one of best players in this position...

MF 23

Massimo Ambrosini

Massimo Ambrosini is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder and is the captain of Serie A club Milan. He is well known for his aerial ability and tackling.- Club career :...

FW 22

Kaká

FW 9

Filippo Inzaghi

Filippo Inzaghi, Ufficiale OMRI commonly known as Pippo, is a World Cup and UEFA Champions League-winning Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan....

Substitutes DF 2

Cafu

Marcos Evangelista de Moraes , better known as Cafu, is a former Brazilian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-backs ever. He was given this nickname due to his speed up and down the right flank which was reminiscent of Cafuringa, a Brazilian forward from the 1970s...

MF 5

Emerson

Emerson Ferreira da Rosa

Émerson Ferreira da Rosa , simply known as Emerson, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. He had 73 caps for Brazil from 1997 to 2006.-Grêmio:...

FW 11

Alberto Gilardino

Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....

GK 16

Željko Kalac

Željko Kalac is a retired Australian football goalkeeper. Standing at 2.02m, Kalac is one of the world's tallest professional goalkeepers....

DF 17

Dario Šimić

Dario Šimic

Dario Šimić is a retired Croatian football player. Šimić was a versatile defender who played as full-back, sweeper or centre back. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, he later played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and AC Milan and Ligue 1 side Monaco, before returning to Dinamo Zagreb in 2010,...

MF 18

Marek Jankulovski

Marek Jankulovski is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Czech club Baník Ostrava. His former club was Milan. He was voted the 2007 Czech Player of the Year....

DF 19

Giuseppe Favalli

Giuseppe Favalli is a retired Italian footballer who played as a defender for Serie A clubs Lazio, Internazionale and Milan.-Cremonese:He started his career with then-Serie B squad Cremonese...

MF 20

Yoann Gourcuff

Yoann Miguel Gourcuff is a French international footballer who currently plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. He operates mainly as an attacking midfielder, but can also be utilized as a withdrawn striker and is described as a "playmaker of real quality" who "is an accomplished...

DF 27

Serginho

Sergio Claudio dos Santos

Sérgio Cláudio dos Santos is a former association footballer, who last played as a left winger and left back for A.C. Milan. His nickname is Il Concorde, due to his quick and tireless pace on the pitch.-Career:He played for Cruzeiro EC and Bahia, and moved to AC Milan from São Paulo FC in 1999...

GK 29

Valerio Fiori

Valerio Fiori is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently a goalkeeping coach at Serie A club Milan.-Career:...

MF 32

Cristian Brocchi

Cristian Brocchi is an Italian footballer, who currently plays for Lazio.-Career:Early careerStarting his career at his native club A.C. Milan youth system, he was loaned to Pro Sesto and Lumezzane in early years.Hellas Verona...

DF 44

Massimo Oddo

Massimo Oddo, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Lecce, on loan from Milan. He was part of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

Manager

Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti is an Italian football manager, Nicknamed Carletto, Ancelotti played as a midfielder and had a successful career with Roma – captaining the team – with whom he won one Scudetto and 4 Coppa Italia and was part of the legendary late 80's Milan team, with whom he won two Scudetti and...

Man of the Match:

Kaká

(Milan

A.C. Milan

)

Assistant referees:

José Luis Camargo

Pedro Rebollar

Fourth official:

Mark Shield

Mark Shield is a former Australian Football referee. He most recently refereed in Australia's A-League. He first played soccer for the Innisfail Tigers at the age of six. Not showing much promise as a player, he began refereeing at age 12, and by 16 was officiating adult matches in Townsville...

Statistics

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

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