2008 FIFA Club World Cup final

2008 FIFA Club World Cup final

Event	2008 FIFA Club World Cup
LDU Quito Manchester United 0 1
Date	21 December 2008
Venue	International Stadium, Yokohama [1]
Referee	Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) [1]
Attendance	68,682 [1]
Weather	Clear night 16 °C (61 °F) 69% humidity
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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]

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] The Ecuadorian side scored two goals in the first 26 minutes through Claudio Bieler and Luis Bolaños, securing their 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, building up a two-goal lead at half-time. Masato Yamazaki was the next to score in the 74th minute to bring Gamba back into contention, 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

21 December 2008

19:30 UTC+9

LDU Quito	0–1	Manchester United
	Report	Rooney 73'

International Stadium Yokohama

Attendance: 68,682 ^[1]

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) ^[1]

LDU Quito

Manchester United

GK 1 José Cevallos  44' CB 3 Renán Calle  66'  77' CB 14 Diego Calderón CB 2 Norberto Araujo RM 23 Jayro Campos  36' CM 15 William Araujo  71' CM 8 Patricio Urrutia (c) LM 7 Luis Bolaños  87' RF 13 Néicer Reasco  82' CF 16 Claudio Bieler  2' LF 21 Damián Manso Substitutions: DF 4 Paúl Ambrosi  77' MF 20 Pedro Larrea  82' FW 19 Reinaldo Navia  87' Manager: Edgardo Bauza

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 21 Rafael  85' CB 5 Rio Ferdinand (c) CB 15 Nemanja Vidić  49' LB 3 Patrice Evra CM 16 Michael Carrick CM 8 Anderson  70'  88' RW 7 Cristiano Ronaldo AM 13 Park Ji-sung LW 32 Carlos Tevez  51' CF 10 Wayne Rooney Substitutions: DF 23 Jonny Evans  51' DF 2 Gary Neville  85' MF 24 Darren Fletcher  88' Manager: 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

First half

	LDU Quito	Manchester United
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	4	11
Shots on target	0	5
Ball possession	36%	64%
Corner kicks	0	3
Fouls committed	14	10
Offsides	0	1
Yellow cards	3	0
Red cards	0	0

Second half

	LDU Quito	Manchester United
Goals scored	0	1
Total shots	6	5
Shots on target	3	4
Ball possession	54%	46%
Corner kicks	5	0
Fouls committed	12	7
Offsides	3	0
Yellow cards	2	1
Red cards	0	1

Overall ^[9]

	LDU Quito	Manchester United
Goals scored	0	1
Total shots	10	16
Shots on target	3	9
Ball possession	45%	55%
Corner kicks	5	3
Fouls committed	26	17
Offsides	3	1
Yellow cards	5	1
Red cards	0	1

See also

• Manchester United F.C. in European football

References

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

External links

• FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008, FIFA.com
• Technical Report and Statistics (PDF), FIFA.com