2020 FIFA Club World Cup final explained

2020 FIFA Club World Cup final
Event:2020 FIFA Club World Cup
Team1:Bayern Munich
Team1score:1
Team2:UANL
Team2score:0
Stadium:Education City Stadium
City:Al Rayyan
Man Of The Match1a:Joshua Kimmich [1]
Referee:Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)[2]
Attendance:7,411
Weather:Clear night
19°C
78% humidity[3]
Previous:2019
Next:2021

The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by Qatar. It was the 17th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.

The final was contested by German club Bayern Munich, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Mexican club UANL, representing CONCACAF as the reigning champions of the CONCACAF Champions League. It was the first time a team from the CONCACAF region played in the final.

The match was played at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan on 11 February 2021.[4] The final was originally scheduled to be played in December 2020, but was moved to February due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the scheduling of the various continental club competitions.[5]

Bayern Munich won the match 1–0 for their second FIFA Club World Cup title and fourth title at the global level. With the win, Bayern became the second European team to complete a sextuple (six trophies in a year) after Barcelona in 2009; they had won a continental treble in the previous season, along with their domestic and continental super cups in the 2020–21 campaign.[6]

Teams

TeamConfederationQualification for tournamentPrevious club world championship finals
Bayern MunichUEFAWinners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League1 2013
UANLCONCACAFWinners of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions LeagueNone

Venue

The Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar was announced as the final venue on 23 December 2020.[7] The venue finished construction and opened in 2020, and will host matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[8] Originally, the stadium was to host the second semi-final, third place play-off and final of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup,[9] but the matches were moved to the Khalifa International Stadium after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed.[10]

Background

Bayern Munich reached their second Club World Cup Final in two tournament appearances, having done so in 2013, which they won against Raja Casablanca. Overall, it was their fourth club world championship final, having won their Intercontinental Cup in 1976 and 2001.[11] Bayern Munich were seeking their sixth title in a year, having won the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League in the 2019–20 season, followed by the UEFA Super Cup and DFL-Supercup so far in the 2020–21 campaign. Therefore, a victory would see become the second team to win a sextuple, consisting of a continental treble (domestic league, domestic cup and continental competition), followed by the subsequent domestic and continental super cups and FIFA Club World Cup in the following season. This feat had only previously been achieved by Barcelona in 2009 (end of the 2008–09 season and start of the 2009–10 season).[12]

UANL became the first side from CONCACAF to reach the final of the Club World Cup. They were making their debut appearance in the competition, having qualified by winning their first CONCACAF Champions League title in 2020.[13]

Route to the final

width=350 colspan=2 Bayern MunichTeamwidth=350 colspan=2 UANL
OpponentResult2020 FIFA Club World CupOpponentResult
align=center colspan=2Byealign=center style="background:#C1E0FF"Second round Ulsan Hyundai2–1
Al Ahly2–0align=center style="background:#C1E0FF"Semi-finals Palmeiras1–0

Match

Summary

In the 59th minute, Benjamin Pavard got the only goal of the game when he shot into an empty net from six yards out after the ball came to him when Robert Lewandowski challenged for a ball in the air with UANL goalkeeper Nahuel Guzmán. The goal was reviewed by VAR for an offside before eventually being awarded.[14]

Details

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GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c)
RB 5 Benjamin Pavard
CB 4 Niklas Süle
CB 21 Lucas Hernandez
LB 19 Alphonso Davies
CM 6 Joshua Kimmich
CM 27 David Alaba
RW 10
AM 29
LW 7
CF 9
Substitutes:
GK 34 Lukas Schneller
GK 39 Ron-Thorben Hoffmann
DF 20 Bouna Sarr
MF 22 Marc Roca
MF 24
MF 28 Tiago Dantas
MF 42
FW 11
FW 13
Manager:
Hansi Flick
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GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán
RB 28
CB 13 Diego Reyes
CB 3 Carlos Salcedo
LB 29
RM 20 Javier Aquino
CM 5
CM 19 Guido Pizarro (c)
LM 23 Luis Quiñones
CF 32 Carlos González
CF 10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutes:
GK 35 Juan Pablo Chávez
GK 50 Arturo Delgado
DF 4 Hugo Ayala
DF 14 Juan Sánchez
DF 18 Aldo Cruz
DF 21 Francisco Meza
DF 43 Érick Ávalos
MF 8 Jordan Sierra
MF 17 Leonardo Fernández
MF 22 Raymundo Fulgencio
FW 33
FW 52 Patrick Ogama
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti
Man of the Match:
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

Assistant referees


Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)
Richard Trinidad (Uruguay)
Fourth official


Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
Reserve assistant referee


Neuza Back (Brazil)
Video assistant referee


Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Assistant video assistant referee


Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Match rules[15] [16]
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five normal substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
  • Maximum of one concussion substitute

Statistics

First half[17]
StatisticBayern MunichUANL
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots83
scope=rowShots on target41
scope=rowSaves14
scope=rowBall possession58%42%
scope=rowCorner kicks32
scope=rowFouls committed66
scope=rowOffsides20
scope=rowYellow cards01
scope=rowRed cards00
Second half[18]
StatisticBayern MunichUANL
scope=rowGoals scored10
scope=rowTotal shots110
scope=rowShots on target50
scope=rowSaves04
scope=rowBall possession52%48%
scope=rowCorner kicks10
scope=rowFouls committed65
scope=rowOffsides03
scope=rowYellow cards02
scope=rowRed cards00
Overall
StatisticBayern MunichUANL
scope=rowGoals scored10
scope=rowTotal shots193
scope=rowShots on target91
scope=rowSaves18
scope=rowBall possession55%45%
scope=rowCorner kicks42
scope=rowFouls committed1211
scope=rowOffsides23
scope=rowYellow cards03
scope=rowRed cards00

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alibaba Cloud Match Award winner: Joshua Kimmich . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 11 February 2021 . 5 March 2021 . dead . https://archive.today/20210317071405/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/400154013/%23potm . 17 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Start list – Final – FC Bayern München v Tigres UANL . https://web.archive.org/web/20210211220334/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/eng-08-1102-bay-tig-start.pdf?cloudid=wbck9b7zrsthdmiqrow6 . dead . 11 February 2021 . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . PDF . 11 February 2021 . 11 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Match Facts: Final – FC Bayern München v Tigres UANL . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 11 February 2021 . 11 February 2021 . dead . https://archive.today/20210211211853/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/400154013/%23match-info . 11 February 2021.
  4. Web site: FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Match schedule . FIFA . 21 January 2021 . 21 January 2021.
  5. News: Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments . Fédération Internationale de Football Association. FIFA.com . 17 November 2020 . 17 November 2020.
  6. News: Pavard completes sextuple for dominant Bayern . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 11 February 2021 . 11 February 2021.
  7. News: Education City, Ahmad Bin Ali and Khalifa International to host FIFA Club World Cup matches . https://web.archive.org/web/20201223120141/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/education-city-ahmad-bin-ali-and-khalifa-international-to-host-fifa-club-world-c . dead . 23 December 2020 . FIFA . 23 December 2020 . 23 December 2020.
  8. News: Education City Stadium completed . . 4 June 2020 . 28 December 2020.
  9. News: Education City Stadium to host FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 final . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 30 September 2020 . 30 September 2020.
  10. Web site: New FIFA Club World Cup champions to be crowned at Khalifa International Stadium . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 7 December 2020 . 7 December 2020.
  11. Web site: Magnani . Loris . Stokkermans . Karel . Intercontinental Club Cup . . 17 September 2020 . 11 February 2021.
  12. News: Lewandowski: Bayern can complete one of football's biggest achievements . . 7 February 2021 . 11 February 2021.
  13. Web site: Leme de Arruda . Marcelo . Di Maggio . Roberto . FIFA Club World Cup . . 10 January 2020 . 7 February 2021.
  14. Web site: Bayern beat Tigres in Club World Cup final to earn sixth trophy in nine months. 11 February 2021. Guardian. 10 February 2022.
  15. Web site: FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 Regulations.
  16. News: FIFA to trial concussion substitutes at FIFA Club World Cup . . 8 January 2021 . 1 February 2021.
  17. Web site: Match report, half-time – Final – FC Bayern München v Tigres UANL . https://web.archive.org/web/20210211220238/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/eng-08-1102-bay-tig-halftime.pdf?cloudid=rkx9ivroagmxkhm2b7cr . dead . 11 February 2021 . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . PDF . 11 February 2021 . 11 February 2021.
  18. Web site: Match report – Final – FC Bayern München v Tigres UANL . https://web.archive.org/web/20210211220202/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/eng-08-1102-bay-tig-fulltime.pdf?cloudid=tko7fkg8biyfrgfdmjle . dead . 11 February 2021 . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . PDF . 11 February 2021 . 11 February 2021.