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| Date | 31 August 2007 | ||||||
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| Venue | Stade Louis II,Monaco | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Andrea Pirlo (Milan)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Konrad Plautz (Austria)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 17,822[3] | ||||||
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The2007 UEFA Super Cup was the 32ndUEFA Super Cup, an annualfootball match between the winners of the previous season'sUEFA Champions League andUEFA Cup competitions. The match was held at theStade Louis II inMonaco on 31 August 2007 and contested byMilan, who won the2006–07 UEFA Champions League, andSevilla, winners of the2006–07 UEFA Cup. Sevilla were looking to become only the second team to defend the trophy in its history, the first being Milan, who had previously won the trophy four times. This was Milan's seventh appearance in theSuper Cup, putting them one ahead of the previous season's runners-up,Barcelona.
The death of SevillamidfielderAntonio Puerta raised a possibility that the match would be cancelled, but the game was still played, and all players wore the name "PUERTA" on their shirt, below their number.[4]
Milan won the match 3–1, with goals fromFilippo Inzaghi,Marek Jankulovski and the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year,Kaká. All three of Milan's goals came in the second half afterRenato had put Sevilla 1–0 up after only 14 minutes. This was Milan's fifth Super Cup title, a new record.
Sevilla had an opportunity to open the scoring early on, whenRenato pounced onMassimo Oddo's fluffed clearance, but he sent his shot wide. Two minutes later, Milan had a chance to score afterFilippo Inzaghi's shot was deflected onto the post byKaká. Sevilla went 1–0 up on 14 minutes when Renato headed in fromDuda's corner. The Sevilla players celebrated the goal by pointing towards the sky.[5] Sevilla almost scored a second goal on 25 minutes, afterGennaro Gattuso's attempt to intercept a Sevilla counter only resulted in him sliding the ball toFrédéric Kanouté, who roundedDida but played his pass behind Renato. The Brazilian was able to get the ball under control and get a shot off, but saw his shot blocked byAlessandro Nesta. However, Inzaghi tied the score after the break after scoring a free header fromGennaro Gattuso's cross from the right side.Marek Jankulovski found the winner soon afterwards through a lovely left-footed volley to hit a low diagonal shot to the keeper's left.Kaká capped off the fine overall display when he headed home the rebound after his initial shot from a penalty was saved.
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Milan expressed their condolences, saying they were prepared to call off the Super Cup if necessary
