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Manchester United won 3–0 on penalties | |||||||
Date | 5 August 2007 | ||||||
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Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
Man of the Match | Ashley Cole (Chelsea) | ||||||
Referee | Mark Halsey (Lancashire) | ||||||
Attendance | 80,731 | ||||||
Weather | Clear 27 °C (81 °F) | ||||||
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. 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, in which Chelsea went first. Edwin van der Sar saved Chelsea's first three penalties, leaving Wayne Rooney with the chance to 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.
Chelsea | 1–1 | Manchester United |
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Malouda 45' | Report | Giggs 35' |
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Pizarro Lampard Wright-Phillips |
0–3 | Ferdinand Carrick Rooney |
Chelsea
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Manchester United
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Man of the match Match officials
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Match rules
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Statistic | Chelsea | Manchester United |
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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 |
Statistic | Chelsea | Manchester United |
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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 |
Statistic | Chelsea | Manchester United |
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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 |