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FIFA Club World Cup 2010 CHAMPIONS

European champions Inter Milan squashed the demons which had haunted coach beleaguered coach Rafael Benitez to win the Fifa Club World Cup presented by Toyota when they breezed past a spirited TP Mazembe side 3-0 in the final at Zayed Sports City stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night.

Inter Milan became the first Italian side to collect five major trophies in a single calendar year after seizing control of the match following a tentative start with two strikes within the space of five minutes in the first half.

A crowd of over 42,000 saw Goran Pandev and Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o put Inter in the driving seat before substitute Jonathan Biabiany completed the rout five minutes from time.

The victory will come as some relief to Spaniard Benitez, who has failed to live up to the high expectations since taking on the unenviable task of succeeding Jose Mourinho.

Inter add the Club World Cup crown to their Champions League, Serie A, Italian cup and European Super Cup titles, emulating the achievement of Barcelona last year. Inter also won the Italian Supercup in pre-season.

Fifa president Joseph Sepp Blatter presented the Club World Cup trophy to Inter Milan skipper Javier Zanetti amidst thunderous applause and a deafening fireworks display.

Benitez, embraced by Inter president Massima Moratti at the end, was a happy man having landed his first silverware since leaving Anfield - but also struck a cautious note.

“My relationship with the chairman is good - but I ask the club for help and respect - they did not come up with the goods after what they told me in the summer about (new) signings and so it’s not easy,” said the Spaniard alluding to his desire to strengthen his injury-ravaged squad.

He insisted his overall relationship with the club was solid.

However, he laid out three conditions to the club management.

“One, 100 percent support for the coach and buy four or five players - to build a stronger team with competition among the players to be able to carry on winning matches and trophies,” said Benitez.

“Two, carry on like this without a project, without planning and go ahead with one person to blame, for the whole season getting to May this way.

“The third is to speak to my agent, reach an agreement if there is not this support. Simple.”

The coach’s comments brought an immediate response from Moratti, who praised Benitez for the way he masterminded the win but said it was not the time to talk about new signings.

“It’s not the moment to ask (for reinforcements) and it is not something we will decide now,” Moratti told reporters.

“He managed the game very well, I saw his handiwork.”

However, Benitez told the post-match news conference: “I want the support of the club and the players...I’m a professional who has worked (in soccer) for 25 years so I want respect and support.”

The Spaniard said Inter had spent nothing to strengthen the squad this season after he had initially asked for three or four new players to ensure the team improved.

“After winning so much the competition among players will be positive,” said Benitez.

Benitez concluded there must be a reason for a squad with so many injuries so he ordered a scientific study.

“It’s clear that this team has all the risk factors,” he said. “The first is age - there are 15 players over 30.”

Players had not had sufficient rest after the World Cup in South Africa which brought more risk of injury, he added.

“The players were squeezed to the maximum,” said the former Liverpool coach.

TP Mazembe coach Lamine N’Diaye said Inter deserved their win.

“They were much stronger than us and thoroughly deserved their victory. Experience won out this evening. Physically we were exhausted.

“The previous games we played against Pachuca (the Mexican side they defeated in the quarter-finals) and then against Internacional (of Brazil, in the semis) were tough and took a lot out of us,” N’Diaye admitted.

“We lacked an extra day to get over that. The team were not at their best tonight,” he said.

But N’Diaye added that the team should still feel proud of its achievement in coming so far.

“There are many good players on the African continent. But we are still a little way off where we need to be. Mazembe have taken an important step and another team can emulate this in the future. Africa has progressed - we saw that with Ghana at the World Cup as they came close to reaching the semi-finals.

“We will get there,” he insisted.

 TP Mazembe, who had stunned Brazilian club Internacional to earn their place in the final, attempted to hustle the opposition particularly in the second half but never threatened to cause another upset.

However, in their over exuberance they found themselves on the wrong end of Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura’s decision, with four players earning yellow cards.

Eto’o, who won the adidas Golden Ball award, laid on the 13th-minute opener for Pandev with a defence-splitting pass, and then got on the end of a pass from the outstanding Zanetti to grab the second.

Zanetti was the midfield general for Inter as he controlled the passage of play in attack particularly in the first half before dropping back in defence to join the rock solid Brazilian Lucio.

Winner of the Toyota Player of the Final award, Eto’o chipped over the defence for Pandev to deftly to toe the ball with his left foot through two defenders just inside the near post.

Esteban Cambiasso launched the next scoring move with Zanetti finding Eto’o whose powerful drive from the middle on the edge of the area nestled in the left corner of the goal giving the Mazembe stopper Muteba Kidiaba no chance.

Inter had further chances to finish off their Congolese opponents, but Diego Milito faltered after breaking the offside trap in the 24th minute but Kidiaba made the first save with his right leg before Joel Kimwaki cleared it to safety.

The goalkeeper would deny the Argentine forward again in similar fashion just before half-time before Mazembe enjoyed their best chance, Dioko Kaluyituka’s powerful shot being blocked by Ivan Cordoba.

In the second half, Maicon made a charging run only to see his shot strike the outside of the post.

Kaluyituka, winner of the adidas Silver Ball award, then had another chance to halve the deficit but while attempting to round Julio Cesar, he was forced wide and the angle became too acute.

He then forced a good save from Cesar with a strong volley as Mazembe looked dangerous on the break.

Inter were pinned in their side for most of the second half before Biabiany who replaced Milito in the 70^th minute made inroads. He got the breakthrough by timing his run superbly, juggling the ball with his right before beating Kidiaba with a left footed shot from close range.

Sport Club Internacional rout Seongnam

Former Club World Cup champions Sport Club Internacional from Brazil produced a goal fest to win the third place playoff against 10-man Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC 4-2.

Brazilian Alecsandro was their star performer scoring a brace after laying up for Tinga to score the opening goal in the 15^th minute with a downward header.

Andres Alessandro, who won the adidas Bronze Ball award, got on the scoresheet in the 52^nd minute with a powerful drive from over 30 metres which went in off the right post.

Colombian Mauricio Molina scored two late consolation goals for the South Korean champions with superb left-footed strikes but the match was over as a contest when Jang Suk Won saw red after a second yellow card offence when he shouldered a charging Tinga in the 34^th minute.

Seongnam’s Radoncic Dzenan having come in as a substitute, added to their woes when he hobbled out holding his leg after having attempted a shot which was blocked by the advancing Internacional’s stopper Renan. Rafael Sobis also followed suit early in the second half pulling up after missing a clear chance.

Alessandro set up Alecsandro’s first goal in the 27^th minute with a deft pass to his left. Alecsandro volleyed it to the top left corner of goal from just inside the area but blasted over the crossbar minutes later.

SC Internacional’s were attacking in ceaseless waves after Alessandro’s effort early in the second half with Tinga’s shot being tipped over the bar by Seongnam goalkeeper Jung Sung Ryong who made several good saves.

But he could not prevent Alecsandro getting a second in the 71^st minute latching onto a cross from Nei.

However, Seongnam gained some consolation with Molina’s late heroics, the second coming in the last seconds of the match.

FIFA Club World Cup 2011 CHAMPIONS

Barcelona win Fifa Club World Cup

Barcelona were crowned Fifa Club World Cup winners when they thrashed Brazilian side Santos 4-0 in Japan.

The win capped a remarkable year for the Spanish side in which they also won the La Liga title, the Champions League and the Spanish Super Cup.

Argentine Lionel Messi scored two impressive goals with Xavi and former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas also on target for Barcelona.

The win confirms Barcelona's standing as the best club team in the world.

Barcelona win Fifa Club World Cup

Barcelona were crowned Fifa Club World Cup winners when they thrashed Brazilian side Santos 4-0 in Japan.

The win capped a remarkable year for the Spanish side in which they also won the La Liga title, the Champions League and the Spanish Super Cup.

Argentine Lionel Messi scored two impressive goals with Xavi and former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas also on target for Barcelona.

The win confirms Barcelona's standing as the best club team in the world.
 Santos were better in the second half and Neymar should have scored when put through with only Victor Valdes to beat, but was denied by the Barcelona goalkeeper.

"Barcelona deserved to win. They are the best team in the world and we learned an important lesson," said Neymar.

Qatari team Al Sadd, who lost 4-0 to Barcelona in the semi-finals, beat Japanese champions Kashiwa Reysol 5-3 on penalties to take third place at the annual intercontinental tournament.

History of The FIFA Club World Cup

 

 

 

The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.

The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000. It ran in parallel with the Intercontinental Cup, contested annually since 1960 by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores, until the two merged in 2005.


History
The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, held in Brazil, consisted of eight qualifiers: the six continental champions, the 1998 Intercontinental Champions and the host nation champions. The tournament was controversial, most notably in England where Manchester United had to withdraw from a national cup competition, the FA Cup, in order to compete. The launch of the competition was understood by some to be part of a struggle between FIFA and UEFA, who were competing for control of international club football: the existing Intercontinental Cup was outside of FIFA's jurisdiction. The final was competed between the two Brazilian sides and the winner was Sport Club Corinthians Paulista in a penalty shoot-out over Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama.

The second competition was penciled in for Spain in 2001, to feature 12 teams. This was cancelled owing to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL. It was then intended to hold the event in 2003, but this also failed to happen. FIFA eventually agreed to terms with the UEFA to merge the two competitions.
The trophy since 2005

The final Intercontinental Cup was in 2004, with the first installment of the relaunched Club World Championship Toyota Cup held in Japan between December 11 and December 18, 2005.

The 2005 relaunched version was shorter than the previous World Championship, reducing the problem of scheduling the tournament around the different club seasons across each continent. It contained just the six reigning continental champions, with the CONMEBOL and UEFA champions receiving byes to the semi-finals of the tournament. A completely new trophy was introduced, replacing all previous cups: the Intercontinental trophy, the Toyota trophy and the trophy won by Corinthians in 2000.

The competition was then renamed as FIFA Club World Cup for the 2006 event, which was held annually in Japan until 2008. The United Arab Emirates hosted the event in 2009 and 2010. For the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, a play-off match between the OFC champions and the host-nation champions for entry into the quarter-final stage was introduced in order to increase home interest in the tournament. The reintroduction of the match for fifth place for the 2008 competition also prompted an increase in prize money by US$500,000 to a total of US$16.5 million. The winners took away $5 million, second-placed team received $4 million, the third-placed team $2.5 million, the fourth-placed team $2 million, the fifth-placed team $1.5 million, the sixth-placed team $1 million and the seventh-placed team received $500,000.

In February 2008 a FIFA Club World Cup Champions Badge was introduced, featuring an image of the trophy, which the reigning champion is entitled to display on its kit until the final of the next championship. Initially, all four previous champions were allowed to wear the badge until the 2008 final, where Manchester United gained the sole right to wear the badge by winning the trophy.

The teams with the most appearances in the competition are Al-Ahly of Egypt, Pachuca of Mexico, Auckland City of New Zealand, and FC Barcelona of Spain who have played in three out of the eight tournaments held – 2005, 2006 and 2008 for Al-Ahly; 2007, 2008 and 2010 for Pachuca; and 2006, 2009 and 2011 for Auckland City and Barcelona.

 

Past Competition Results

 

 

Year	Winning team (Nation)
1980	Nacional Montevideo (Uruguay)
1981	Flamengo (Brazil)
1982	Penarol (Uruguay)
1983	Gremio (Brazil)
1984	Independiente (Argentina)
1985	Juventus (Italy)
1986	River Plate (Uruguay)
1987	FC Porto (Portugal)
1988	Nacional Montevideo (Uruguay)
1989	AC Milan (Italy)
1990	AC Milan (Italy)
1991	Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
1992	Sao Paulo FC (Brazil)
1993	Sao Paulo FC (Brazil)
1994	Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
1995	Ajax (Netherlands)
1996	Juventus (Italy)

Year	Winning team (Nation)
1997	Borrusia Dortmund (Germany)
1998	Real Madrid (Spain)
1999	Manchester United (England)
2000	Boca Juniors (Argentina)
2001	FC Bayern Munich (Germany)
2002	Real Madrid (Spain)
2003	Boca Juniors (Argentina)
2004	FC Porto (Portugal)
2005	Sao Paulo FC (Brazil)
2006	SC Internacional (Brazil)
2007	AC Milan (Italy)
2008	Manchester United (England)
2009	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2010	FC Internazionale Milano (Italy)
2011	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2012	SC Corinthians (Brazil)
2013	FC Bayern Munich (Germany)

2014 Real Madrid (Spain)