2006 FIFA Club World Cup final explained

2006 FIFA Club World Cup final
Event:2006 FIFA Club World Cup
Date:17 December 2006
Venue:International Stadium Yokohama
City:Yokohama
Team1:Internacional
Team2:Barcelona
Score1:1
Score2:0
Referee:Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Attendance:67,128
Previous:2005
Next:2007

The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup final took place at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan on 17 December 2006.

The match pitted Internacional of Brazil, the CONMEBOL club champions, against Barcelona of Spain, the UEFA club champions. Internacional won 1–0, after a counter-attack led by Iarley and the goal scored by Adriano Gabiru at the 82nd minute, in a match watched by 67,128 people. In doing so, Internacional won their first FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup and Barcelona remained without any world club title. Deco was named as man of the match.[1]

Road to final

width=300 InternacionalTeamwidth=300 Barcelona
CONMEBOLConfederationUEFA
Winner of the 2006 Copa LibertadoresQualificationWinner of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League
ByePlay-off roundBye
ByeQuarter-finalsBye
2–1 Al-Ahly
(Pato, Luiz Adriano)
Semi-finals4–0 Club América
(Guðjohnsen, Márquez,
Ronaldinho, Deco)

Match details

Details

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GK 1 Clemer
RB 2 Ceará
CB 3
CB 4 Fabiano Eller
LB 15 Rubens Cardoso
CM 5 Wellington Monteiro
CM 8 Edinho
RW 10
AM 7
LW 11
CF 9 Fernandão (c)
Substitutes:
MF 17
FW 18
MF 16
Manager:
Abel Braga
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GK 1 Víctor Valdés
RB 11
CB 4 Rafael Márquez
CB 5 Carles Puyol (c)
LB 12 Giovanni van Bronckhorst
CM 3
CM 24 Andrés Iniesta
RW 8 Ludovic Giuly
AM 20 Deco
LW 10 Ronaldinho
CF 7
Substitutes:
DF 2
MF 6
FW 18
Manager:
Frank Rijkaard
Assistant referees:
Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
width=60% 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[2]
width=100 width=70 Internacionalwidth=70 Barcelona
Goals scored 1 0
Total shots 10 17
Shots on target 2 6
Ball possession 43% 57%
Corner kicks 2 11
Fouls committed 25 15
Offsides 5 1
Yellow cards 3 1
Red cards 0 0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award . 2008-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081022190908/http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/toyotamvp.html . 22 October 2008 . live .
  2. Web site: Match Report . 28 May 2012 . FIFA . https://web.archive.org/web/20120513033147/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D107/edition%3D248388/matches/match%3D24830007/report.html . 13 May 2012 . dead .