Chiefs win Peace Cup Fair Play Award
Chiefs win Peace Cup Fair Play Award

Posted in News on Jul 21, 2003.

Kaizer Chiefs were on the podium on the final day of the 2003 Peace King Cup on Tuesday to receive the Fair Play award that was presented to team manager Bobby Motaung by football legend Pele.

The Glamour Boys were acknowledged for maintaining high discipline throughout this global event, which kicked off on July 15. Amakhosi lost to Lyon (2-0), Seongnam (1-0) and drew 2-2 against Turkish champions Besiktas.

PSV Eindhoven win water-logged Peace Cup final

A Mark van Bommel penalty gave Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven a 1-0 victory over French champions Olympique Lyon in the final of the Peace Cup pre-season tournament.

In torrential rain at Seoul's World Cup Stadium, both sides struggled on a pitch that became increasingly water-logged.

The only goal came after a meandering run by Arjen Robben from the half-way line ended with him being brought down in the penalty area after 23 minutes.

Van Bommel coolly converted the penalty high into the left corner, bringing loud cheers from a partisan crowd of 33,778 who were mainly behind PSV, managed by former South Korea coach Guus Hiddink and and including two South Korean internationals, Park Ji-sung and Lee Young-pyo.

It was a happy return for Hiddink, a hero in Korea after taking the national side to last year's World Cup semi-finals on home soil.

A single goal was enough to secure PSV the $2 million prize in a game that became almost farcical at times as the players struggled to stand up on the water-logged pitch.

Lyon were mostly restricted to long-range efforts in the second half, although it took two attempts by PSV goalkeeper Ronald Waterreus to hold a long-range strike from Juninho Pernambucano.

At the other end, Gregory Coupet made a series of excellent late saves after Robben and substitute Mateja Kezman were clean through on goal.

The inaugural Peace Cup competition, which pitted eight clubs from five continents, was backed by the Reverend Moon Sun-myung, whose followers are commonly known as "Moonies".

Additional reporting by Reuters

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