Lee stars in Suwon title win

Lee stars in Suwon title win

Heroics from goalkeeper Lee Woon-jae gave Suwon Bluewings victory over Seongnam Chunma in the final of the Korean FA Cup

With this victory the Bluewings have also booked a place in the 2010 Asian Champions League.

Lee Woon-jae rekindled memories of the 2002 World Cup by saving two spot-kicks in a shootout that Suwon won 4-2 after two hours of football ended 1-1.

Seongnam took the lead after 27 minutes in simple fashion as a Mauricio Molina free-kick was headed into the bottom corner of the Suwon goal by Dzenan Radonic.

Suwon had chances to get back into the game before the break with Eduardo rounding Seongnam shotstopper Kim Yong-dae only to see his shot cleared off the line.

The Brazilian striker made amends three minutes from time, however, when compatriot Tiago was bundled over in the box and Eduardo blasted home the spot-kick to take the game into extra-time.

Neither team could find a goal in the following 30 minutes leaving the destination of the trophy to be decided by penalties.

With the rain pouring, Seongnam's Kim Song-hwan and Jeon Kwang-jin saw their penalties saved by Lee and then Kim Dae-ui chipped in the winning penalty to send the Suwon fans wild with delight.

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