 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Zvita 2014, Lee akashamisika kuverengerwa muchikwata cheSouth Korea che2015 AFC Asian Cup semutambi asina kuiswa. Akaita kutanga kwake kwe Taegeuk Warriors mumutambo wekutanga wekukwikwidza neSaudi Arabia, achiwana chinangwa chake chekutanga chenyika yose sezvo maKorea akabuda 20 vakundi. Mumutambo wekupedzisira weboka reSouth Korea, Lee akarova zvibodzwa zvekukunda vachipesana neAustralia kuti vawane nzvimbo yekutanga muBoka A. Musi wa 26 Ndira 2015, Lee akarova zvibodzwa zvekutanga zvekukunda kweSouth Korea 20 semi-fainari yekukunda Iraq kuisa nyika muAsia Cup yekupedzisira kekutanga kubvira 1988. 