{"id":11654,"date":"2010-11-13T12:28:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T20:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/11\/13\/seongnam-seal-acl-glory\/"},"modified":"2010-11-13T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T20:28:18","slug":"seongnam-seal-acl-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/11\/13\/seongnam-seal-acl-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Seongnam seal ACL glory [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFC – TOKYO, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma were crowned winners of the 2010 AFC Champions League on Saturday after the Korea Republic side beat Zob Ahan 3-1 in a thrilling final at Tokyo’s National Stadium. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sasa Ognenovski opened the scoring in the first-half before Cho Byung-kuk’s 52nd minute goal had Seongnam cruising.<\/p>\n

Mohammadreza Khalatbari threatened to spark a late Zob Ahan fight-back when he headed home in the 66th minute but Kim Cheol-ho grabbed a third for Seongnam with eight minutes remaining to ensure the AFC Champions League trophy remains in Korea Republic following Pohang Steelers’ triumph last year.<\/p>\n

Seongnam had been slow to start and it took until the 14th minute for them to register their first effort when Song Ho-young’s clever ball unlocked the Zob Ahan defence and allowed Mauricio Molina to race through on goal, but the Colombian forward drove his shot wide of the right post.<\/p>\n

Ognenovski prevented Zob Ahan from taking the lead in the 24th minute after keeper Jung Sung-ryong weakly punched Mahdi Rajabzadeh’s free-kick straight to Igor Castro but the Brazilian’s goal-bound shot was headed off the line by the Seongnam skipper.<\/p>\n

It was a crucial intervention as just five minutes later Ognenovski gave Seongnam the lead.<\/p>\n

Kim Sung-hwan’s long throw caused havoc in the box and when Zob Ahan were unable to clear, Ognenovski took advantage to prod home from close range.<\/p>\n

That goal sparked a period of Seongnam dominance and the Zob Ahan defence had to be at their best to prevent the Koreans from extending their lead before the break.<\/p>\n

But the Iranians almost snatched an equaliser seconds before half time when Ghasem Hadadifar’s cross from the left found Mohammad Hosseini inside the area but the right-back’s close-range shot on the turn was expertly turned around the post by Jung.<\/p>\n

Seongnam came out strong after the restart with the lively Molina causing Zob Ahan all sorts of problems and Shahab Gordan needed to push his low drive behind for a corner in the 51st minute.<\/p>\n

But it was from the resulting set piece that Seongnam extended their lead when Cho Dong-geon flicked the ball on for Cho Byung-kuk and the defender directed a deft header into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

Zob Ahan halved the deficit with 24 minutes remaining, however, when Igor Castro stabbed a shot that deflected off Jung to Khalatbari, who looped a smart header over backtracking defenders and into the empty net.<\/p>\n

Jung protected Seongnam’s slender advantage with little over 10 minutes remaining, blocking Hadadifar’s shot at the near post and it seemed only a matter of time before Zob Ahan would find an equaliser.<\/p>\n

But Seongnam secured Asian club football’s most coveted trophy in the 82nd minute when Molina’s shot struck a defender and Kim Cheol-ho was on hand to collect the ball and fire home.<\/p>\n

Watch the complete highlights on PFDCTV<\/span>:<\/strong><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ISCfG6c_HA<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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