The Afghanistan national cricket team played the Ireland cricket team in Ireland in July 2012.
 The teams will play a four-day first-class match as part of the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) as part of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship.
 The Intercontinental Cup match will be played at Observatory Lane in Rathmines, while the two ODIs will be played at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin.
 Heading into the matches, Ireland led both the Intercontinental Cup and the World Cricket League Championship, while Afghanistan were second in the Intercontinental Cup and fifth in the World Cricket League Championship.
The 1993 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on December 12, 1993, between A.C. Milan, runners-up of the 1992-93 UEFA Champions League, and São Paulo, winners of the 1993 Copa Libertadores.
 The match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
 It was Milan's fifth appearance into the competition, after the victories in 1969, 1989, 1990 and the defeat in 1963, it was São Paulo's second appearance, after the victory in 1992.
 Olympique de Marseille, the winner of 1992-93 UEFA Champions League was not allowed to parcipiate, because of match-fixing scandal involving the club, which resulted in relegation to 2nd division of French league and ban from international club competitions including 1993-94 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
 Because of it, AC Milan was allowed to join UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
The 1981 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Flamengo of Brazil on 13 December 1981 at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, the annual Intercontinental Cup contested between the winners of the European Cup and Copa Libertadores.
 Flamengo went on to play the Intercontinental Cup after having won the first ever Libertadores Cup they played.
 Liverpool were also appearing in their first Intercontinental Cup, having declined to take part in 1977 and 1978 after they won the European Cup.
The Afghanistan national cricket team toured Canada from 2 to 9 August 2011.
 The tour consisted of one ICC Intercontinental Cup match against the Canada national cricket team and a pair of One Day Internationals (ODI) for the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day.
 Afghanistan won the Intercontinental Cup and both of the following ODIs.
Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro, (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (] , or less commonly [maˈnik(ɨ)] ), is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
The 2004 Intercontinental Cup was a football match that took place on 12 December 2004 between Porto of Portugal, winners of 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, and Once Caldas of Colombia, winners of the 2004 Copa Libertadores.
 The match was played at the neutral venue of the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan, in front of 45,748 fans.
 The match ended 0–0 after extra time, where Porto eventually won 8–7 in a penalty shootout.
 Maniche of Porto, despite being the only Porto player to miss his penalty kick, was named as man of the match.
Michael Crane (born 10 July 1982) is a Bermudian cricketer.
 He has played one first-class match for Bermuda to date, against the USA in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup.
 He also represented his country in the 2004 ICC Americas Championship.
Sportpark Het Schootsveld is a cricket ground in Deventer, the Netherlands.
 The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1975 when Dansk XL Club played The Forty Club.
 The ground later held four ICC Trophy matches in the 1990.
 The ground held its first List A match in 1999 when the Netherlands played Cambridgeshire in the NatWest Trophy.
 Two further List A matches have been played there, both in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 when the Netherlands played Middlesex and Derbyshire.
 The ground held its first first-class match in 2004 when the Netherlands hosted Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup.
 Two further first-class matches have been held there, one in the 2009-10 Intercontinental Cup when Scotland were the visitors, and another in the 2011-13 Intercontinental Cup which saw Kenya as the visitors.
The 2003 Intercontinental Cup was the 42nd Intercontinental Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores competitions.
 The match was played on 14 December 2003 between Boca Juniors of Argentina, winners of the 2003 Copa Libertadores and Milan of Italy, winners of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League.
 The match was played at the neutral venue of the International Stadium Yokohama in front of 70,000 fans.
 Matías Donnet was named as man of the match.
The 1984 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match between Liverpool F.C. of England and Club Atlético Independiente of Argentina on 9 December 1984 at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, the annual Intercontinental Cup contested between the winners of the Copa Libertadores and European Cup.
 Independiente were appearing in their sixth Intercontinental Cup, they had won the competition once in 1973 and lost the other four.
 Liverpool were making their second appearance in the competition, after their loss in 1981.

Question: In what position did the man of the match for the 2004 Intercontinental Cup play?
Answer: central midfielder