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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] | ||||||
The 2007 UEFA Super Cup was the 32nd UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions. The match was held at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 31 August 2007 and contested by Milan, who won the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, and Sevilla, winners of the 2006–07 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 the Super Cup, putting them one ahead of the previous season's runners-up, Barcelona.
The death of Sevilla midfielder Antonio 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 from Filippo Inzaghi, Marek Jankulovski and the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year, Kaká. All three of Milan's goals came in the second half after Renato had put Sevilla 1–0 up after only 14 minutes. This was Milan's fifth Super Cup title, a new record.
- ^ Ashby, Kevin (1 September 2007). "Pirlo lights up saddest night". UEFA. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "Team Line-ups – Friday 31 August 2007" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "UEFA Super Cup – 2013 season: Match press kits" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. August 2013. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Sevilla's Puerta dies three days after collapse". ESPNsoccernet. 28 August 2007. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
Milan expressed their condolences, saying they were prepared to call off the Super Cup if necessary