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Match 8 Yokohama - International Stadium Yokohama (Nissan)
weatherCode11
21 December
0:1
0:1 (0:0)
  • Wayne ROONEY (73')

Referee Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)

Summary

Red Devils rule in Japan

Red Devils rule in Japan

Ten-man Manchester United have won the FIFA Club World Cup, thanks to Wayne Rooney's 73rd minute goal over Liga de Quito in Yokohama. However that fails to tell the story of an entertaining final, which saw Nemanja Vidic dismissed four minutes after the interval for an elbow on Claudio Bieler. United were given a wake-up call as early as the fourth minute. Patrice Evra fouled ...

Highlights

Line-up

ECU
ENG
Substitute(s)
Coaches
Edgardo BAUZA (ARG)
(SCO) Alex FERGUSON
Officials
  • Referee: Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Abdukhamidullo RASULOV (UZB)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Bakhadyr KOCHKAROV (KGZ)
  • Fourth official: Yuichi NISHIMURA (JPN)
  • Absent

Photos

  • Manchester United's coach Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates winning the FIFA Club World Cup 2008
  • Manchester United's players celebrate winning the FIFA Club World Cup 2008
  • Manchester United's players celebrate winning the FIFA Club World Cup 2008
  • Manchester United's players celebrate winning the FIFA Club World Cup 2008
  • Manchester United's players celebrate winning the FIFA Club World Cup 2008
  • Manchester United's Wayne Rooney celebrates winning the FIFA Club World Cup 2008
  • Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates winning the FIFA Club World Cup 2008
  • Manchester United's Wayne Rooney celebrates winning the FIFA Club World Cup 2008
  • Manchester United's players celebrate winning the FIFA Club World Cup 2008

Quotes

"I'm obviously very pleased with our performance even if we missed a lot of chances in the first half. After the sending off, we had to be very patient and play with even more discipline to avoid letting a goal in, since that would have made life very difficult for us. We still went looking for the victory though, and thankfully we got that decisive goal," Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United coach

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    10Shots16
    5Corner kicks3
    5Yellow cards1
    0Second yellow card and red card0
    0Red Cards1
    45%Possession (%)55%