2009 FIFA Club World Cup final explained

2009 FIFA Club World Cup final
Event:2009 FIFA Club World Cup
Team1:Estudiantes (LP)
Team1score:1
Team2:Barcelona
Team2score:2
Details:After extra time
Date:19 December 2009
Stadium:Zayed Sports City
City:Abu Dhabi
Referee:Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Attendance:43,050
Weather:Partly cloudy
22°C
60% humidity
Previous:2008
Next:2010

The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The match took place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 19 December 2009, and pitted Estudiantes de La Plata of Argentina, the CONMEBOL club champions, against Barcelona of Spain, the UEFA club champions.

Estudiantes forward Mauro Boselli opened the scoring in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised for Barcelona with one minute left in regulation time. Lionel Messi scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of the second half of extra time, securing Barcelona's record sixth trophy for the 2009 calendar year.[1] [2]

Road to final

width=300 Estudiantes (LP)Teamwidth=300 Barcelona
CONMEBOLConfederationUEFA
Winner of the 2009 Copa LibertadoresQualificationWinner of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
ByePlay-off roundBye
ByeQuarter-finalsBye
2–1 v. Pohang SteelersSemi-finals3–1 v. Atlante

Match

Details

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GK 25 Damián Albil
SW 2
RB 30
CB 3 Christian Cellay
CB 16
LB 13
DM 22
RM 8
CM 11 Juan Sebastián Verón (c)
LM 23
CF 17 Mauro Boselli
Substitutions:
MF 5
MF 18
DF 21
Manager:
Alejandro Sabella
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GK 1
RB 2 Dani Alves
CB 3 Gerard Piqué
CB 5 Carles Puyol (c)
LB 22 Eric Abidal
DM 15
CM 6 Xavi
CM 16
RW 10
LW 14
CF 9 Zlatan Ibrahimović
Substitutions:
FW 17
MF 24
FW 7
Manager:
Pep Guardiola
Assistant referees:
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Reserve assistant referee:
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
width=55% valign=topMatch 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

Overall[3]
width=100 width=70 Estudianteswidth=70 Barcelona
Goals scored 1 2
Total shots 3 16
Shots on target 1 4
Ball possession 36% 64%
Corner kicks 3 10
Fouls committed 29 19
Offsides 8 1
Yellow cards 7 3
Red cards 0 0

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Barcelona beat Estudiantes to win the Club World Cup . BBC Sport . BBC . 19 December 2009 . 21 December 2009 .
  2. News: Messi seals number six . ESPN Soccernet . 19 December 2009 . 21 December 2009 . 20 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020091844/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=285375&league=FIFA.CWC&cc=5739 . dead .
  3. Web site: Match Statistics . 28 May 2012 . FIFA . https://web.archive.org/web/20101017055553/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/uae2009/results/match%3D300111971/statistics.html . 17 October 2010 . dead.