On a thrilling night of action, Korea Republic's Jeonbuk Motors and Qatar's Al Sadd reached the final of the AFC Champions League on Wednesday.

Two Eninho goals sealed a 2-1 win on the night for Jeonbuk over Al Ittihad at Jeonju World Cup Stadium, while Al Sadd came through against Suwon Bluewings 2-1 on aggregate despite a 1-0 defeat at the Sheik Bin Jassim Stadium.

The results mean Jeonbuk will entertain Al Sadd in next Saturday's final.

Trailing 3-2 from the first leg of the semi-final, Al Ittihad's task became even stiffer after 11 minutes when Naif Hazazi, who scored twice in Saudi Arabia last week, was sent off following an off the ball clash with Jeonbuk skipper Cho Sung-hwan.

The home side then went in front after 22 minutes when Jeong Sung-hoon nodded the ball into Eninho's path and the Brazilian held off Osama Al Harbi before slotting past keeper Mabrouk Zaid.

Mohammed Noor missed a great chance for Al Ittihad when Paolo Jorge's low cross found the forward unmarked at the far post but he shot straight at keeper Kim Min-sik, who made a fine stop on the line from close range.

Eninho doubled Jeonbuk's lead nine minutes before the interval when he brilliantly bent a corner from the left into the top corner of the Al Ittihad net at the near post.

Wendel reduced the deficit 17 minutes from the end when he latched onto Mohammed Noor's brilliant defence-splitting pass and sidefooted home before Jeonbuk substitute Kruno Lovrek picked up a second booking late in the game and was dismissed.

"We got what we wanted," said boss Choi Kang-hee, who guided Jeonbuk to the title in 2006.

"We are at home for the final and that is an advantage for us. The lead we took from the first leg gave us some breathing space at home but we knew well that Al Ittihad are a very good team.

"We expected them to come at us strongly and we were ready for that. Eninho's goals were a big help but we still had work to do and were able to get the result we needed."

Al Ittihad coach Dimitri Davidovic admitted his side were always up against it.

"We didn't get the result we wanted at home so we were hoping for a miracle in the second leg," said the Belgian.

"The sending off was another blow but there won't be any punishment for Hazazi. He is an excellent player and this kind of thing happens easily in football."

In the other semi-final, Oh Jang-eun gave Suwon the lead after just six minutes when he controlled a clearing header from Yeom Ki-hun's corner on his chest from the edge of the box before volleying home.

Khalfan Ibrahim saw goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong brilliantly tip away his fierce 25-yard drive after 33 minutes, the closest Al Sadd came to equalising.

And Mato Neretljak missed Suwon's best chance of the second half when unmarked, as he headed Lee Yong-rae's cross wide of the far post from close range just before the hour.

But the visitors were unable to find the second goal they needed as they paid the price for the first-leg defeat and Al Sadd became the first Qatari team to reach the Asian Champions League final.

"Of course we are very, very happy. To overcome them was difficult. There were many problems and yet we won and that's why I am happy," said Al Sadd boss Jorge Fossati.

"From my point of view, in the 90 minutes, we were threatening through counter-attacks. We could not play the game as we would have liked to but sometimes you must play as you need to.

"My players did it, my congratulations to them. We played well individually and we showed that we played well as a team.

"Look, in these types of games, a team has to play 180 minutes. We focus on the first 90 minutes and then the next 90 minutes.

"There's always a difference in the first 90 minutes and the next 90 minutes. So we change tactics as we go along.

"When we finish the 180 minutes of play, we look at the final score. That's important, the final score. That's my opinion.

"We didn't give them the space, especially in the second half. Then they had to go aerial, which we tackled well."

Suwon coach Yoon Sung-hyo felt his players gave their all in a losing cause.

"We tried to win the game. We did our best. It was not easy but we tried," he said.

"I think Al Sadd, they gave us too many problems. To start with, we had to score three goals to go to the final but our players did their best.

"We had to deal with other things like the suspended players from the first leg, so it was not easy."