2008 FIFA Club World Cup final

July 2021 2008 FIFA Club World Cup final FifaCWC2008Final.JPG 2008 FIFA Club World Cup LDU Quito ECU 1900 30px 0 Manchester United ENG 30px 1 21 December 2008 International Stadium Yokohama Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 68,682 Clear night16 °C °F69% humidity 2007 2009 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7793438.stm Liga de Quito 0–1 Man Utd 21 December 2008 BBC Sport 22 September 2009 Road to final Both LDU Quito and Manchester United qualified for the competition at the semi-final stage, after winning their respective continental competition, the 2008 Copa Libertadores and the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. 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.https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252217/match=300073123/report.html Al-Ahly – Pachuca Match Report FIFA 13 December 2008 20 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090216225713/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252217/match=300073123/report.html 16 February 2009 dead Their semi-final match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17 December 2008.https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252222/match=300073125/report.html Pachuca – Liga de Quito Match Report FIFA 17 December 2008 20 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090202043904/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252222/match=300073125/report.html 2 February 2009 dead 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.https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252222/match=300073125/summary.html In a Liga of their own FIFA 17 December 2008 20 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081221083457/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round%3D252222/match%3D300073125/summary.html 21 December 2008 dead 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.https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252217/match=300073122/report.html Adelaide United – Gamba Osaka Match Report FIFA 14 December 2008 20 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090130072925/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252217/match=300073122/report.html 30 January 2009 dead 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.https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252222/match=300073124/summary.html United hit five in thriller FIFA 18 December 2008 20 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090122065019/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round%3D252222/match%3D300073124/summary.html 22 January 2009 dead https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252222/match=300073124/report.html Gamba Osaka – Manchester United Match Report FIFA 18 December 2008 20 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090202051203/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252222/match=300073124/report.html 2 February 2009 dead Match Details 21 December 2008 19:30 UTC+9 LDU Quito ECU 1900 0–1 https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252219/match=300073127/report.html ENG Manchester United Rooney 73 International Stadium Yokohama 68,682Match Report https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/98/47/53/08_1221_ecu-eng_fulltime.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20121105030746/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/98/47/53/08_1221_ecu-eng_fulltime.pdf dead 5 November 2012 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 28 May 2012 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) _LDU 2008MC _LDU 2008MC _LDU 2008MC 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 LDU Quito _manutdh0709 _thinblackline _blackline E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF FFFFFF Manchester United GK 1 ECU 1900 José Cevallos 44CB 3 ECU 1900 Renán Calle 66 77CB 14ECU 1900 Diego CalderónCB 2 ARG Norberto AraujoRM 23ECU 1900 Jayro Campos 36CM 15ECU 1900 William Araujo 71CM 8 ECU 1900 Patricio Urrutia (c)LM 7 ECU 1900 Luis Bolaños 87RF 13ECU 1900 Néicer Reasco 82CF 16ARG Claudio Bieler 2LF 21ARG Damián MansoSubstitutions:DF 4 ECU 1900 Paúl Ambrosi 77MF 20ECU 1900 Pedro Larrea 82FW 19CHI Reinaldo Navia 87Manager:ARG Edgardo Bauza300px GK 1 NED Edwin van der SarRB 21BRA Rafael 85CB 5 ENG Rio Ferdinand (c)CB 15SRB 2004 Nemanja Vidić 0 49LB 3 FRA 1974 Patrice EvraCM 16ENG Michael CarrickCM 8 BRA Anderson 70 88RW 7 POR Cristiano RonaldoAM 13KOR 1997 Park Ji-sungLW 32ARG Carlos Tevez 51CF 10ENG Wayne RooneySubstitutions:DF 23NIR Jonny Evans 51DF 2 ENG Gary Neville 85MF 24SCO Darren Fletcher 88Manager:SCO Sir Alex Ferguson Assistant referees: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bahadyr Kochkorov (Kyrgyzstan) Fourth official: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)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 UnitedGoals scored 0 0Total shots 4 11Shots on target 0 5Ball possession 36% 64%Corner kicks 0 3Fouls committed 14 10Offsides 0 1Yellow cards 3 0Red cards 0 0+Second half LDU Quito Manchester UnitedGoals scored 0 1Total shots 6 5Shots on target 3 4Ball possession 54% 46%Corner kicks 5 0Fouls committed 12 7Offsides 3 0Yellow cards 2 1Red cards 0 1+OverallMatch Statistics https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2008/results/match=300073127/statistics.html 28 May 2012 FIFA https://web.archive.org/web/20090619131349/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2008/results/match%3D300073127/statistics.html 19 June 2009 dead LDU Quito Manchester UnitedGoals scored 0 1Total shots 10 16Shots on target 3 9Ball possession 45% 55%Corner kicks 5 3Fouls committed 26 17Offsides 3 1Yellow cards 5 1Red cards 0 1 See also Manchester United F.C. in European football References External links FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008, FIFA.com Technical Report and Statistics (PDF), FIFA.com World Final Category:L.D.U. 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