Club World Cup: Man United win Club World Cup
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Manchester United were crowned world champions after a deserved 1-0 victory over LDU Quito in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup at the Yokohama Stadium.
The European champions dominated the first half but were unable to break the deadlock as Quito goalkeeper José Cevallos was called into action on several occasions.
The former Ecuador international had made a series of superb saves to deny Carlos Tévez, Wayne Rooney and Park Ji-Sung.
It looked like it might get tougher for United when centre-back Nemanja Vidić was handed a straight red card four minutes into the second half for lashing out with an elbow at Claudio Bieler.
But United remained on top and Cristiano Ronaldo brought a good save out of Cevallos from the edge of the area.
Rooney, who scored a brace in the 5-3 win over Gamba Osaka in the semifinal, finally broke the deadlock on 73 minutes as the forward drove a low right foot effort from the edge of the area beyond Cevallos.
Rooney picked up the Golden Ball for player of the tournament with Ronaldo voted runner-up.
The only bad news for United is they will now miss Vidić for the first leg of the Champions League last 16 against Inter Milan at San Siro.
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The European champions dominated the first half but were unable to break the deadlock as Quito goalkeeper José Cevallos was called into action on several occasions.
The former Ecuador international had made a series of superb saves to deny Carlos Tévez, Wayne Rooney and Park Ji-Sung.
It looked like it might get tougher for United when centre-back Nemanja Vidić was handed a straight red card four minutes into the second half for lashing out with an elbow at Claudio Bieler.
But United remained on top and Cristiano Ronaldo brought a good save out of Cevallos from the edge of the area.
Rooney, who scored a brace in the 5-3 win over Gamba Osaka in the semifinal, finally broke the deadlock on 73 minutes as the forward drove a low right foot effort from the edge of the area beyond Cevallos.
Rooney picked up the Golden Ball for player of the tournament with Ronaldo voted runner-up.
The only bad news for United is they will now miss Vidić for the first leg of the Champions League last 16 against Inter Milan at San Siro.
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