DOHA: Gutsy Lekhwiya on Friday scripted a memorable fightback to win their maiden Emir Cup title after a penalty shootout against title holdersAl Sadd at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. The final was witnessed by the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani and scores of other dignitaries. Lekhwiya scored of all their four penalties after both ended teams ended 2-2 in regulation time. Korean import Nam Tae-hee scored the decisive penalty after team-mates Alain Dioko, Luiz Martin and Chico Flores fired home with ease. The fifth penalty was not needed. Al Sadd’s Khalfan Ibrahim, Nadir Belhadj and Ibrahim Maged missed their penalties to see Lekhwiya seal a 4-2 scoreline. Earlier, Baghdad Bounedjah (62) and Abdulkareem Hassan (67) opened the scoring for the defending championsside who wereaiming to complete a hat-trick ofEmir Cup wins. However, Lekhwiya saw Flores (70) and Nam (77) produced two second-half goals to force a penalty shootout to decide the winner. It was coach Djamel Bedlmadi's first Emir Cup win with Lekhwiya who have dominated Qatar Stars League (QSL) over the last few years. For Al Sadd, coached by Jesualdo Ferreira, it was a season without silverware. Al Sadd had reached the final as the defending champions, having won the last two editions. Al Sadd had beaten Al Rayyan in the semifinals whereas Lekhwiya had downed El Jaish in the last-four stage.