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World Club Championship Semi-final

Yokohama International Stadium | Thursday 15 December 2005 at 10:20 UK local time

Deportivo Saprissa 0 - 3 Liverpool
Half time 0–2

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.47)

25
Pepe Reina
17
Josemi Rey
23
Jamie Carragher
4
Sami Hyypia
6
John Arne Riise
21
Djimi Traoré
8
Steven Gerrard (c)
22
Momo Sissoko
14
Xabi Alonso
15
Peter Crouch
9
Djibril Cissé

Substitutes

1
Jerzy Dudek
20
Scott Carson
3
Steve Finnan
28
Stephen Warnock
7
Harry Kewell
10
Luis Garcia
16
Didi Hamann
19
Fernando Morientes
24
Florent Sinama-Pongolle

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.36)

Jose Porras
Christian Bolaños
Victor Cordero
Ronald Gonzales
Jervis Drummond
Walter Centeno
Ronald Gomez
Alvaro Saborio
Gabriel Badilla
Randall Azofeifa
Troy Bennett

Substitutes used

Alonso Solis
Gerold Drummond
Allan Aleman

Notes

  • - Liverpool kept a clean sheet for the 11th game in a row, setting a new club record.

Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager: Hernan Medford
Referee: Chandia C (Chile)
Attendance: 43,902
Half-time score: 0 - 2
Game number: 4946

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Liverpool
Deportivo Saprissa
Peter Crouch (Djibril Cissé) (1–0)
3'
Steven Gerrard (John Arne Riise) (2–0)
32'
HT 2–0
46'
Alonso Solis Troy Bennett
Peter Crouch (John Arne Riise) (3–0)
58'
Steven Gerrard Florent Sinama-Pongolle
64'
Sami Hyypia Luis Garcia
72'
76'
Gerold Drummond Ronald Gomez
Xabi Alonso Didi Hamann
79'
83'
Allan Aleman Alvaro Saborio
Full time 3–0

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