2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final

2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final

Event	2009 FIFA Club World Cup
Estudiantes Barcelona 1 2
After extra time
Date	19 December 2009
Venue	Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi[1]
Man of the Match	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)[2]
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 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 of the 90 left to play. 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.^[3][4]

Road to final

Estudiantes	Team	Barcelona
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 Pohang Steelers (Benítez  45+2', 53')	Semi-finals	3–1 Atlante (Busquets  35', Messi  55', Pedro  67')

Match

Details

Juan Sebastián Verón takes a corner during the final.

Xavi takes a corner during the final.

Estudiantes v Barcelona

19 December 2009 20:00 UTC+4

Estudiantes	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Barcelona
Boselli  37'	Report	Pedro  89' Messi  110'

Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 43,050[1] Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)[1]

Estudiantes

Barcelona

GK 25 Damián Albil SW 2 Leandro Desábato  119' RB 30 Clemente Rodríguez  58' CB 3 Christian Cellay CB 16 Germán Ré  90+1' LB 13 Juan Manuel Díaz  45+2' DM 22 Rodrigo Braña  119' RM 8 Enzo Pérez  65'  79' CM 11 Juan Sebastián Verón (c) LM 23 Leandro Benítez  76' CF 17 Mauro Boselli Substitutions: MF 5 Matías Sánchez  94'  76' MF 18 Maxi Núñez  79' DF 21 Marcos Rojo  112'  90+1' Manager: Alejandro Sabella

GK 1 Víctor Valdés  118' RB 2 Dani Alves CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 5 Carles Puyol (c) LB 22 Éric Abidal DM 15 Seydou Keita  46' CM 6 Xavi CM 16 Sergio Busquets  79' RW 10 Lionel Messi  23' LW 14 Thierry Henry  82'  83' CF 9 Zlatan Ibrahimović Substitutions: FW 17 Pedro  46' MF 24 Yaya Touré  79' FW 7 Jeffrén  83' Manager: Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)[2] Assistant referees: Héctor Vergara (Canada)[1] Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)[1] Fourth official: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[1] Reserve assistant referee: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)[1]

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

Overall[5] Estudiantes 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

Barcelona players celebrate after the match.

References

1. "Match Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
2. "Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". RSSSF. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
3. "Barcelona beat Estudiantes to win the Club World Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
4. "Messi seals number six". ESPN Soccernet. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
5. "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

External links

• FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009, FIFA.com
• Technical Report and Statistics (PDF), FIFA.com