2007 FA Community Shield explained

2007 FA Community Shield
Team1:	Chelsea
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Manchester United
Team2score:	1
Details:	Manchester United won 3–0 on penalties
Date:	5 August 2007
Stadium:	Wembley Stadium
City:	London
Man Of The Match1a:	Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
Referee:	Mark Halsey (Lancashire)
Attendance:	80,731
Weather:	Clear 27°C^[1]
Previous:	2006
Next:	2008

The 2007 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the reigning Premier League champions and FA Cup winners. The match was played on 5 August 2007 between 2006–07 FA Premier League champions Manchester United and 2006–07 FA Cup winners Chelsea, who beat United in the final. Manchester United won the game 3–0 on penalties, after the match finished 1–1. Ryan Giggs opened the scoring in the 35th minute, before Florent Malouda equalised just before half-time.

The match then went to penalties, where Edwin van der Sar saved all three of Chelsea's penalties, leaving Wayne Rooney to score his penalty and win the match for United.

It was the first Community Shield match to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. Manchester United and Chelsea also contested the last Community Shield (then the Charity Shield) to be played at the old Wembley in 2000, with Chelsea winning the match 2–0.

Match details

GK 1 Petr Čech RB 2 CB 6 CB 22 LB 3 DM 5 Michael Essien CM 12 CM 8 Frank Lampard (c) RW 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips LW 15 CF 10 Substitutes: GK 23 Carlo Cudicini GK 40 Hilário DF 39 Harry Worley MF 9 MF 19 FW 14 FW 17 Manager: José Mourinho

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 6 Wes Brown CB 5 Rio Ferdinand CB 15 Nemanja Vidić LB 27 RM 7 Cristiano Ronaldo CM 22 John O'Shea CM 16 Michael Carrick LM 3 Patrice Evra SS 11 Ryan Giggs (c) CF 10 Substitutes: GK 29 Tomasz Kuszczak DF 19 Gerard Piqué DF 26 Phil Bardsley MF 17 MF 24 MF 30 Lee Martin MF 33 Chris Eagles Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

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Man of the match Ashley Cole (Chelsea)^[2] Match officials Assistant referees: Darren Cann (Norfolk)^[3] Martin Yerby (Kent) Fourth official: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

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Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of six substitutions.

Match statistics

First half

width=100	Statistic	width=70	Chelsea	width=70	Manchester United
Total shots	3	6
Shots on target	2	2
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	1	3
Fouls committed	8	9
Offsides	1	0
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0

Second half

width=100	Statistic	width=70	Chelsea	width=70	Manchester United
Total shots	2	4
Shots on target	0	2
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	4	5
Fouls committed	6	6
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	2	0
Red cards	0	0

Overall

width=100	Statistic	width=70	Chelsea	width=70	Manchester United
Total shots	5	10
Shots on target	2	4
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	5	8
Fouls committed	14	15
Offsides	3	1
Yellow cards	3	1
Red cards	0	0

Source:^[4]

External links

• Community Shield 2007 at TheFA.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weather History for London, United Kingdom . wunderground.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621034254/http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGLL/2007/8/5/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA . 21 June 2015 . dead.
2. News: Stuart . Mawhinney . United win on penalties . The Football Association . 5 August 2007 . 19 May 2009 .
3. News: Halsey appointed . The Football Association . 4 July 2007 . 15 May 2009 .
4. 2007 FA Community Shield . . FA Community Shield . 5 August 2007 .