2009 FIFA Club World Cup final
Event | 2009 FIFA Club World Cup | ||||||
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After extra time | |||||||
Date | 19 December 2009 | ||||||
Venue | Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi[1] | ||||||
Referee | Benito Archundia (Mexico)[1] | ||||||
Attendance | 43,050[1] | ||||||
Weather | Partly cloudy 22 °C (72 °F) 60% humidity | ||||||
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.[2][3]
Road to final
[edit]Estudiantes (LP) | Team | Barcelona |
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CONMEBOL | Confederation | UEFA |
Winner of the 2009 Copa Libertadores | Qualification | Winner of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League |
Bye | Play-off round | Bye |
Bye | Quarter-finals | Bye |
2–1 v. Pohang Steelers | Semi-finals | 3–1 v. Atlante |
Match
[edit]Details
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Barcelona
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Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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Statistics
[edit]Estudiantes | Barcelona | |
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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 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Match Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Barcelona beat Estudiantes to win the Club World Cup". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Messi seals number six". ESPN Soccernet. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
External links
[edit]- FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009, FIFA.com
- Technical Report and Statistics (PDF), FIFA.com