Obviously, the glory of China's top league alone is not enough to fully define their splendor. Even though the passion of the Asian Champions League is not as strong as that of the UEFA Champions League, the annual Asian Champions League is still a hot one. Guangzhou Evergrande, as the flagship of Chinese soccer, won the Asian Championship in 2013 and 2015, an achievement that is enough to highlight the highest honor in Asian soccer. At that time, they were at the peak of their career, and thus were able to participate in the Club World Cup. Although Guangzhou Evergrande are a little underpowered compared to the best teams in Europe, the experience of going head-to-head with the world's top clubs is undoubtedly invaluable.
Behind all of this, we can't do without the help of "gold dollar soccer". At that time, foreign players were so strong that they could appear in the five major tournaments at the same time. Even though they were not as good as Real Madrid or Barcelona, they were the best in Asian soccer. The two Asian champions in the Chinese Super League are also thanks to the contribution of these foreigners. Elkeson, who scored twice in the 2013 Asian Champions League final, is now a naturalized player, and in 2015 he helped Guangzhou Evergrande win back-to-back Asian titles. His contribution to Chinese soccer cannot be ignored. However, the emergence of naturalized players has silenced some fans. This is not the right way to improve the strength of Chinese soccer.
Time flies, more than ten years, once brilliant Guangzhou Evergrande gradually faded from people's view. After a series of changes, Chinese soccer has not made substantial progress, and fans are more and more confused about the future. Today's Guangzhou Evergrande is no longer the familiar Guangzhou Evergrande, but can only be called the Guangzhou team. The development of Chinese soccer and the development of the Guangzhou team is the same trajectory, we need to start again, from the most basic place to start, in order to be able to revitalize the national soccer team sometime in the future.
