2007 Emirates Cup

2007 Emirates Cup
Tournament details
Host country England
Dates 28 – 29 July
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions England Arsenal (1st title)
Runners-up France Paris Saint-Germain
Third place Spain Valencia
Fourth place Italy Internazionale
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 11 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) France Péguy Luyindula
(2 goals)

The 2007 Emirates Cup was a two-day pre-season men's football friendly tournament hosted by English Premier League club Arsenal and held at the Emirates Stadium, the club's home ground.

The inaugural tournament took place on 28 July and 29 July 2007 and featured the hosts, as well as reigning Serie A champions Internazionale, French side Paris Saint-Germain and Spanish outfit Valencia (having replaced German team Hamburg, who had to pull out of the tournament because of Intertoto Cup commitments).[1] Arsenal did not play against Valencia, and Inter did not play against PSG. The tournament was well attended with over 110,000 filling the Emirates Stadium across the two day tournament.

Standings

Each team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored.

Rank Team GP Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1 England Arsenal 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 10
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 7
3 Spain Valencia 2 1 0 1 2 3 –1 5
4 Italy Internazionale 2 0 0 2 1 4 –3 1

Matches

Day 1

28 July 2007
14:00 BST
Internazionale Italy 0 – 2 Spain Valencia
Report Gavilán  13'
Villa  39'
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 55,106
Referee: Alan Kelly

28 July 2007
16:15 BST
Arsenal England 2 – 1 France Paris Saint-Germain
Flamini  45'
Bendtner  70'
Report Luyindula  80'
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 55,106
Referee: Peter Walton
Day 2

29 July 2007
14:00 BST
Paris Saint-Germain France 3 – 0 Spain Valencia
Diane  15'
N'Gog  30'
Luyindula  85'
Report
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 59,821
Referee: Andre Marriner

29 July 2007
16:15 BST
Arsenal England 2 – 1 Italy Internazionale
Hleb  67'
Van Persie  85'
Report Suazo  62'
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 59,821
Referee: Mark Halsey

Goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 France Péguy Luyindula France Paris Saint-Germain 2
2 Denmark Nicklas Bendtner England Arsenal 1
Ivory Coast Amara Diane France Paris Saint-Germain
France Mathieu Flamini England Arsenal
Spain Jaime Gavilán Spain Valencia
Belarus Alexander Hleb England Arsenal
France David N'Gog France Paris Saint-Germain
Honduras David Suazo Italy Internazionale
Netherlands Robin van Persie England Arsenal
Spain David Villa Spain Valencia

References

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