# 2007 FA Community Shield

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, who beat United in the final. 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, where Edwin van der Sar saved all three of Chelsea's penalties, leaving Wayne Rooney to score his penalty and 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.

## Match details

| Chelsea | Manchester United |
| GK | 1 | Petr Čech |
| RB | 2 | Glen Johnson | | 78' |
| CB | 6 | Ricardo Carvalho | 63' |
| CB | 22 | Tal Ben Haim | 33' |
| LB | 3 | Ashley Cole | | 68' |
| DM | 5 | Michael Essien |
| CM | 12 | Mikel John Obi | 90+1' |
| CM | 8 | Frank Lampard (c) |
| RW | 24 | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| LW | 15 | Florent Malouda | | 52' |
| CF | 10 | Joe Cole | | 82' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 23 | Carlo Cudicini |
| GK | 40 | Hilário |
| DF | 39 | Harry Worley |
| MF | 9 | Steve Sidwell | | 78' |
| MF | 19 | Lassana Diarra | | 68' |
| FW | 14 | Claudio Pizarro | | 52' |
| FW | 17 | Scott Sinclair | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| José Mourinho ||
| GK | 1 | Edwin van der Sar |
| RB | 6 | Wes Brown |
| CB | 5 | Rio Ferdinand |
| CB | 15 | Nemanja Vidić |
| LB | 27 | Mikaël Silvestre | | 68' |
| RM | 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| CM | 22 | John O'Shea |
| CM | 16 | Michael Carrick |
| LM | 3 | Patrice Evra |
| SS | 11 | Ryan Giggs (c) | | 81' |
| CF | 10 | Wayne Rooney | 45+3' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 29 | Tomasz Kuszczak |
| DF | 19 | Gerard Piqué |
| DF | 26 | Phil Bardsley |
| MF | 17 | Nani | | 68' |
| MF | 24 | Darren Fletcher | | 81' |
| MF | 30 | Lee Martin |
| MF | 33 | Chris Eagles |
| Manager: ||
| Sir Alex Ferguson ||
| Man of the match Ashley Cole (Chelsea) Match officials Assistant referees: Darren Cann (Norfolk) Martin Yerby (Kent) Fourth official: Chris Foy (Merseyside) | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of six substitutions. |

## Match statistics
### First half

| Statistic | Chelsea | Manchester United |
| 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 |

### Second half

| Statistic | Chelsea | Manchester United |
| 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 |

### Overall

| Statistic | Chelsea | Manchester United |
| 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 |
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