2014 Emirates Cup

2014 Emirates Cup
Tournament details
Host country England
Dates 2 – 3 August
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain Valencia (1st title)
Runners-up England Arsenal
Third place France Monaco
Fourth place Portugal Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 15 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) France Yaya Sanogo
(4 goals)

The 2014 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.

This was the seventh edition of the competition with four teams competing. Those were, the usual inclusion of hosts Arsenal of the Premier League, Benfica of the Primeira Liga, Monaco of Ligue 1 and Valencia of La Liga.[1] The competition took place over the weekend of 2–3 August 2014.

The usual points system which awards three for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss is supplemented by a point being awarded for each goal scored. Galatasaray were the defending champions, after winning the 2013 edition.

The opening two matches were on 2 August, with the following matches staged a day later on 3 August. The first match on both days started at 14:00 BST, with the second match started at 16:20 BST.

Standings

Each team played two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw and a point for every goal scored. In addition, shots on target were taken into account and used to decide the competition winners if teams are level on points and goal difference.[2]

Rank Team Match Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1 Spain Valencia 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 9
2 England Arsenal 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 8
3 France Monaco 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 7
4 Portugal Benfica 2 0 0 2 2 8 –6 2

Matches

2 August 2014
14:00 BST
Valencia Spain 2–2 France Monaco
Carvalho  37' (o.g.)
Alcácer  69'
Report Vezo  30' (o.g.)
Ocampos  80'

2 August 2014
16:20 BST
Arsenal England 5–1 Portugal Benfica
Sanogo  26', 44', 45+1', 49'
Campbell  40'
Report Gaitán  61'

3 August 2014
14:00 BST
Benfica Portugal 1–3 Spain Valencia
Derley  2' Report Gayà  49'
Piatti  54'
Guardado  60'

3 August 2014
16:20 BST
Arsenal England 0–1 France Monaco
Report Falcao  37'
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Martin Atkinson

Goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 France Yaya Sanogo England Arsenal 4
2 Brazil Derley Portugal Benfica 1
Spain Paco Alcácer Spain Valencia
Costa Rica Joel Campbell England Arsenal
Colombia Radamel Falcao France Monaco
Spain José Luis Gayà Spain Valencia
Argentina Pablo Piatti Spain Valencia
Mexico Andrés Guardado Spain Valencia
Argentina Lucas Ocampos France Monaco
own goal Portugal Ricardo Carvalho France Monaco 1
Portugal Rúben Vezo Spain Valencia

References

  1. Arsenal.com, 02 May 2014
  2. Arsenal.com, 02 May 2014

External links

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