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2019 FIFA Club World Cup final
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The Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan hosted the final.
Event 2019 FIFA Club World Cup
After extra time
Date21 December 2019 (2019-12-21)
Venue Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Man of the Match Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) [1]
Referee Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) [2]
Attendance45,416 [1]
WeatherClear night
20 °C (68 °F)
66% humidity [2] [3]
2018
2020

The 2019 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club association football tournament hosted by Qatar. It was the 16th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.

Contents

The final was contested between English club Liverpool, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Brazilian club Flamengo, representing CONMEBOL as the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan on 21 December 2019. [4]

Liverpool won the match 1–0 after extra time for their first FIFA Club World Cup title, having finished as runners-up on in 2005. [5] As winners, Liverpool were rewarded with £4 million in prize money. [6]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, since 2006 were in the FIFA Club World Cup era.

TeamConfederationQualification for tournamentPrevious club world championship finals
Flag of England.svg Liverpool UEFA Winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League 1 2005
Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo CONMEBOL Winners of the 2019 Copa Libertadores None

Venue

The final took place at the Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. The venue previously hosted matches at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, including the final, and was chosen as a venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Originally, the final (along with the second semi-final and third place match) was to be played at the Education City Stadium, also located in Al Rayyan. [7] However, the matches were moved after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed to early 2020. [8]

Background

The final was a rematch of the 1981 Intercontinental Cup, recognised by FIFA as a club world championship. Flamengo won the match 3–0 for their only club world title. [9] Flamengo hadn't reached the final since while Liverpool had participated in two world championship matches in 1984 and 2005, also losing both to Independiente and São Paulo respectively. [10]

Route to the final

Flag of England.svg Liverpool Team Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
OpponentResult 2019 FIFA Club World Cup OpponentResult
Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey 2–1 Semi-finals Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal 3–1

Liverpool

Liverpool qualified for the Club World Cup as champions of the UEFA Champions League, having defeated Tottenham Hotspur in the final. The club had previously played in the 2005 Club World Championship, finishing as runners-up to São Paulo. [11] Due to their participation in the tournament, Liverpool were forced to field a squad of youth players for an EFL Cup tie against Aston Villa due to the proximity of the two games, with the senior squad heading to Qatar to prepare while the reserves played in the cup game managed by U-23's manager Neil Critchley. [12] As a result, they were beaten 5–0, the club's heaviest ever defeat in the competition [13] [14]

Liverpool entered with a bye to the semi-finals, where they faced North American champions Monterrey of Mexico. The Reds went ahead in the 12th minute with a strike by Naby Keïta, who collected a pass from Mohamed Salah at the right side of the box. Monterrey equalised two minutes later as Rogelio Funes Mori, who collected a rebound off Alisson's save of a volley taken by Jesús Gallardo. Liverpool had several chances to retake the lead and switched to a new formation after half-time, but were unable to score and left themselves open to counter-attacks. Substitute Roberto Firmino scored the winning goal for Liverpool in the first minute of stoppage time, tapping in a pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold within the six-yard box. [15] [16]

Flamengo

Flamengo qualified for the Club World Cup as winners of the Copa Libertadores, defeating River Plate with two last-minute goals by Gabriel Barbosa in the final, which was played a month before the Club World Cup. [17]

Flamengo entered with a bye to their semi-final match against AFC Champions League winners Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia. Flamengo started poorly and nearly conceded to Bafétimbi Gomis in the 16th minute after a big rebound from goalkeeper Diego Alves. Two minutes later, Mohammed Al-Breik crossed low to Salem Al-Dawsari in the box who scored the opening goal. Flamengo did little to create good chances in the first half but returned with a different posture and higher defensive line in the second half. Within three minutes, Flamengo's attacking trio leveled the score: Gabriel Barbosa found Bruno Henrique open inside the box, who rolled the ball across to Giorgian De Arrascaeta for the equalizer. Diego came on in substitute for Gerson and initiated the play in the 78th minute that resulted in Rafinha's cross to Bruno Henrique for the go-ahead header. Three minutes later, Diego found Bruno Henrique in the box whose cross was deflected in by Ali Al-Bulaihi for an own-goal. Moments later, André Carrillo of Al-Hilal was sent off after hitting De Arrascaeta. Flamengo advance with the 3–1 victory. [18]

Match

Summary

Firmino nearly scored for Liverpool in the first minute of the match, as the ball was lifted to him past the defense but his shot sailed high. Shortly after, Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool find shots of their own. Both teams continued equally matched, with Flamengo having a spell of possession after a rocky start and maintaining nearly sixty percent possession in the half. [19] At the other end, Bruno Henrique had several sights of goal, though none quite as dangerous as Liverpool's. [20]

Two minutes into the second half Firmino nearly scored again, this time hitting the inside of the left post. [21] In the 53rd minute, Flamengo's Barbosa shot high, and later forced a diving save from goalkeeper Alisson with a shot from inside the 18-yard box. In the 73rd minute, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was injured and came off for Adam Lallana. Flamengo brought on Vitinho and Diego in place of Giorgian De Arrascaeta and Éverton Ribeiro. In the 83rd minute Liverpool had their first dangerous shot on goal: a shot from Henderson fed by Mohamed Salah that was tipped over the frame by Diego Alves. Moments into stoppage time, Liverpool was awarded a penalty after Rafinha clipped the trailing foot of Sadio Mané free on goal on the edge of the penalty area. The decision was taken to video review where it appeared that the foul occurred outside the box and would result in a free kick, however the foul was waved off completely and play resumed with Flamengo. [22] Regulation time ended with the match still scoreless.

In the 99th minute Liverpool scored the breakthrough goal. Henderson played a long ball forward to Mané which Rodrigo Caio could not deflect. One-on-one with Rafinha, Mané played to an approaching Firmino on his left who hesitated and scored around Diego Alves. For Liverpool, James Milner came on for Naby Keïta, and for Flamengo Lincoln came on for midfielder Gerson. [23] In the second period of extra time, Flamengo found one dangerous opportunity to equalize in the 119th minute when a Vitinho cross rebounded back to him off a defender and he picked out Lincoln whose shot sailed high from ten yards out. [23] Minutes later the match ended and Liverpool were victors by a score of 1–0. [24]

Details

Liverpool Flag of England.svg 1–0 (a.e.t.) Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
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Liverpool [25]
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Flamengo [25]
GK1 Flag of Brazil.svg Alisson
RB66 Flag of England.svg Trent Alexander-Arnold
CB12 Flag of England.svg Joe Gomez
CB4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Virgil van Dijk
LB26 Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Robertson
CM8 Flag of Guinea.svg Naby Keïta Sub off.svg 100'
CM14 Flag of England.svg Jordan Henderson (c)
CM15 Flag of England.svg Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Sub off.svg 75'
RF11 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Salah Yellow card.svg 81'Sub off.svg 120+1'
CF9 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Firmino Yellow card.svg 100'Sub off.svg 106'
LF10 Flag of Senegal.svg Sadio Mané Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Substitutes:
GK13 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián
GK22 Flag of England.svg Andy Lonergan
DF51 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ki-Jana Hoever
DF72 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sepp van den Berg
DF76 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Neco Williams
MF5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Georginio Wijnaldum
MF7 Flag of England.svg James Milner Yellow card.svg 105'Sub on.svg 100'
MF20 Flag of England.svg Adam Lallana Sub on.svg 75'
MF48 Flag of England.svg Curtis Jones
FW23 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Xherdan Shaqiri Sub on.svg 120+1'
FW27 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Divock Origi Sub on.svg 106'
FW67 Flag of England.svg Harvey Elliott
Manager:
Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Klopp
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GK1 Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Alves
RB13 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafinha
CB3 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Caio
CB4 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Marí
LB16 Flag of Brazil.svg Filipe Luís
CM5 Flag of Brazil.svg Willian Arão Sub off.svg 120'
CM8 Flag of Brazil.svg Gerson Sub off.svg 102'
RW7 Flag of Brazil.svg Éverton Ribeiro (c)Sub off.svg 82'
AM14 Flag of Uruguay.svg Giorgian De Arrascaeta Sub off.svg 77'
LW27 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Henrique
CF9 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Barbosa
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Batista
GK37 Flag of Brazil.svg César
DF2 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodinei
DF6 Flag of Brazil.svg Renê
DF26 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Thuler
DF44 Flag of Brazil.svg Rhodolfo
MF10 Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Yellow card.svg 112'Sub on.svg 82'
MF19 Flag of Brazil.svg Reinier
MF25 Flag of Paraguay.svg Robert Piris Da Motta
MF28 Flag of Colombia.svg Orlando Berrío Sub on.svg 120'
FW11 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitinho Yellow card.svg 90'Sub on.svg 77'
FW29 Flag of Brazil.svg Lincoln Sub on.svg 102'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal.svg Jorge Jesus

Man of the Match:
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) [1]

Assistant referees: [2]
Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar)
Saoud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)
Fourth official:
Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Reserve assistant referee:
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
Video assistant referees:
Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
Kyle Atkins (United States)
Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Match rules [26]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

Statistics

Overall [1]
StatisticLiverpoolFlamengo
Goals scored10
Total shots1814
Shots on target62
Saves25
Ball possession48%52%
Corner kicks57
Fouls committed2216
Offsides36
Yellow cards42
Red cards00

Post-match

With the win, Liverpool secured their first Club World Cup title, becoming the second English club to win the competition after Manchester United in 2008. [24] Liverpool's Roberto Firmino was given the man of the match award, [1] while teammate Mohamed Salah was awarded the Golden Ball by FIFA's Technical Study Group, which was jointly awarded with the Alibaba Cloud Player of the Tournament award. Flamengo's Bruno Henrique won the tournament's Silver Ball award. [27]

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