2008 UEFA Super Cup

November 2020 2008 UEFA Super Cup 2008 UEFA Super Cup match programme.jpg Match programme cover Manchester United ENG 30px 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg RUS 30px 2 29 August 2008 Stade Louis II Monaco Danny (Zenit Saint Petersburg)Andrew Haslam Danny dazzles on debut to remember http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/news/kind=1/newsid=744004.html UEFA 29 August 2006 30 August 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100218123245/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D744004.html 18 February 2010 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)Larsen to blow the Super Cup whistle http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/news/kind=1/newsid=742438.html UEFA 27 August 2008 6 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090524214500/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D742438.html 24 May 2009 dead 18,064Full Time Report https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/SuperCup/2008/302814_FR.pdf UEFA 29 August 2008 29 August 2009 Sunny25 °C °F78% humidityLine-ups https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/SuperCup/2008/302814_LU.pdf UEFA 29 August 2008 29 August 2009 2007 2009 The 2008 UEFA Super Cup was the 33rd UEFA Super Cup, a football match played between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions. The 2008 competition was contested by Manchester United of England, who won the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, and Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia, the winners of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The match was played on 29 August 2008 at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. Zenit won the match 2–1, Pavel Pogrebnyak scoring just before half-time, before Danny doubled the Russians' lead just before the hour mark. Nemanja Vidić reduced the deficit to one goal in the 73rd minute, but it was not enough to wrest the trophy from Zenit's grasp, as they became the first Russian team to win the competition. The sending-off of Paul Scholes for handball in the 90th minute resulted in him missing Manchester United's opening game in their defence of the Champions League, a home tie against Villarreal.Sam Lyon Man Utd 1-2 Zenit St Petersburg https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7584103.stm BBC Sport 29 August 2008 30 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080830031211/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7584103.stm 30 August 2008 live This was Zenit's first appearance in the competition, while Manchester United had appeared twice before, in 1991 and 1999; their first appearance finished in a 1–0 win over Red Star Belgrade, while their most recent appearance was a 1–0 loss to Lazio, the last winners of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup to compete in the UEFA Super Cup. Match Summary First half The opening exchanges of the match were dominated by Zenit, counter-attacking down their right flank, exploiting the attack-minded Patrice Evra. Both Konstantin Zyryanov and Aleksandr Anyukov created opportunities on the right wing, only for Pavel Pogrebnyak to miss the target from a promising position on both occasions. Danny also managed to break into the box from the right-hand by-line, only for Rio Ferdinand to block his low cross. Up at the other end, United had a couple of half-chances of their own as, first, Carlos Tevez hit a weak shot into Vyacheslav Malafeev's arms before sprinting after a ball played up the right wing, just managing to keep it in, before breaking through one tackle into the box and squaring the ball to Wayne Rooney. However, the England striker's first touch was poor, and the delay meant that the chance had passed. Zenit's pressure began to mount and, with half-time approaching, they won a corner on the left-hand side. Alejandro Domínguez took an in-swinging corner. Igor Denisov flicked the ball on at the near post, and it floated over Edwin van der Sar for Pavel Pogrebnyak to head in on the line. Paul Scholes picked up a yellow card shortly after the game had restarted, but the half-time whistle soon followed and Zenit went in on top. Second half Andrey Arshavin, a target for Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur over the summer, came on as a substitute for Alejandro Domínguez at half-time, but it was Danny who made the breakthrough for the second goal on the hour mark. Picking up the ball just inside the United half, the United defence continued to back off from him and he broke into the box, firing a shot past Edwin van der Sar, who dived the wrong way. A Carlos Tevez effort came close to pulling a goal back for Manchester United, and sparked a period of sustained pressure for the European champions. As United began to get into full swing, the Zenit side struggled to cope and, after Tevez had been found in space in the box by Wayne Rooney, he pulled the ball back to Nemanja Vidić who stabbed the ball into the net from six yards out. John O'Shea, Park Ji-sung and Wayne Rooney all went close as the clock ran down, but it was Danny who went closest to getting another goal for Zenit, shooting over the bar with just Van der Sar to beat after picking up a through ball from Andrey Arshavin. With only a minute of normal time remaining, Wes Brown sent over a cross from the right wing. Paul Scholes rose to meet the ball, but, instead of heading the ball, he stuck out his right arm and punched the ball into the goal. The referee had no hesitation in showing Scholes a second yellow card and sending him off. The red card meant that Scholes would miss Manchester United's first Champions League game of the 2008–09 season, at home to Villarreal. Details 29 August 2008 20:45 CEST Manchester United ENG 1–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/302814/ RUS Zenit Saint Petersburg Vidić 73 Pogrebnyak 44Danny 59 Stade Louis II, Monaco 18,064 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) _manutdh0709 _thinblackline _blackline E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF FFFFFF Manchester United _thinwhiteborder _zenit0810t _thinwhiteborder _whitestripes2 _thinwhitesides 40CFFF 40CFFF 40CFFF 40CFFF 40CFFF Zenit Saint Petersburg GK 1 NED Edwin van der SarRB 2 ENG Gary Neville (c) 76CB 5 ENG Rio FerdinandCB 15SRB 2004 Nemanja VidićLB 3 FRA 1974 Patrice EvraRM 24SCO Darren Fletcher 60CM 18ENG Paul Scholes 2 45+1 90CM 8 BRA Anderson 54 60LM 17POR NaniCF 10ENG Wayne RooneyCF 32ARG Carlos Tevez 74Substitutes:GK 29POL Tomasz KuszczakDF 6 ENG Wes Brown 76DF 22IRL John O'Shea 60MF 13KOR 1997 Park Ji-sung 60MF 28IRL Darron GibsonMF 34BRA Rodrigo PossebonFW 31ENG Fraizer CampbellManager:SCO Sir Alex Ferguson300px GK 16RUS Vyacheslav MalafeevRB 22RUS Aleksandr AnyukovCB 4 CRO Ivica Križanac 71CB 28FRA 1974 Sébastien Puygrenier 62LB 11CZE Radek ŠírlDM 44UKR Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (c)RM 18RUS Konstantin ZyryanovLM 27RUS Igor DenisovAM 19POR DannyCF 7 ARG Alejandro Domínguez 46CF 8 RUS Pavel PogrebnyakSubstitutes:GK 1 SVK Kamil ČontofalskýDF 5 KOR 1997 Kim Dong-jinDF 15RUS Roman Shirokov 62MF 2 RUS Vladislav Radimov 71MF 10RUS Andrey Arshavin 46MF 20RUS Viktor FayzulinFW 9 TUR Fatih TekkeManager:NED Dick Advocaat Man of the Match: Danny (Zenit Saint Petersburg) Assistant referees: Henrik Sonderby (Denmark) Anders Norrestrand (Denmark) Fourth official: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)Match rules http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/regulations/uefa/others/70/22/77/702277_download.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20081219164432/http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/regulations/uefa/others/70/22/77/702277_download.pdf dead 19 December 2008 Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup 2008 UEFA 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. Statistics +First halfStatisticManchester UnitedZenit Saint PetersburgGoals scored01Total shots45Shots on target22Saves12Ball possession42%58%Corner kicks23Fouls committed107Offsides10Yellow cards10Red cards00 +Second halfStatisticManchester UnitedZenit Saint PetersburgGoals scored11Total shots94Shots on target43Saves23Ball possession50%50%Corner kicks40Fouls committed65Offsides11Yellow cards30Red cards10 +OverallStatisticManchester UnitedZenit Saint PetersburgGoals scored12Total shots139Shots on target65Saves35Ball possession46%54%Corner kicks63Fouls committed1612Offsides21Yellow cards40Red cards10 Sponsorship Danish brewers Carlsberg were the main sponsors of the event,UEFA announces Carlsberg sponsorship of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/448594.pdf Union of European Football Associations 24 August 2006 30 August 2008 and the Man of the Match award was officially called "Carlsberg Man of the Match". See also 2008–09 UEFA Champions League 2008–09 UEFA Cup 2008–09 Manchester United F.C. season 2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in European football Manchester United F.C. in international football References External links 2008 UEFA Super Cup at UEFA.com Super Cup Uefa Super Cup Category:UEFA Super Cup matches Super Cup 2008 Super Cup 2008 UEFA Super Category:Football matches in Monaco Category:August 2008 sports events in Europe 2008 Category:2008–09 in English men's football