On February 12, 2006, in Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium, a fierce friendly match was played between China's national men's football team and the Honduras national team. Although our team eventually lost 0-1, the match brought an unexpected "harvest" for the Chinese Super League clubs.
In the Honduran formation, four players were transferred to the Chinese Super League (CSL) after the game, becoming the object of competition among clubs. This warm-up match is the Chinese Super League club managers carefully planned "treasure hunt", they hope that through this tournament, to discover the cost-effective Honduran foreign aid.
In 2006, our national team suffered a blackout, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the managers of the Super League. They have favored Honduran players, especially captain Cabarello and Ramirez. Cabarello, Elvis and Reina and other Honduran players have joined the Chinese Super League team, in which the promotion horse Changchun Yatai is the Cabarello, Elvis and Reina three Honduran international players a net.
Caballero, the captain of the Honduran national team, plays as a center back. He used to play for Udinese in Serie A. He is known as "Tyson" for his strong body and fierce defense. In the match with our team, Cabarello even made our striker Li Jin Yu have no success.
In the 2006 season, Changchun Yatai brought in Honduran players such as Cabarello, Elvis and Reina, and the strength of the team increased greatly. Cabarello sat in the center back position, Wang Dong in the midfield dispatching command, Du Zhenyu side breakthrough, Cao Timbao and Elvis front line charge. This lineup gave the other teams in the Chinese Super League a hard time, and Changchun Yatai ended up finishing 4th in the league, becoming a dark horse.
After winning the title, Cabarello became one of the favorite foreigners of Changchun fans. In the 2007 season, Cabarello and Elvis were retained, and Changchun Yatai, under the leadership of head coach Gao Hongbo, won the Chinese Super League title with 16 wins, 7 draws, 5 losses and 55 points, one point ahead of Beijing Guoan.
Elvis (right) scored 12 goals during the season to finish 3rd in the scorer's list. Caballero played consistently in the back line and became a headache for the strikers to defend. He also served as captain of Changchun Yatai, showing great loyalty and work ethic.
In the 2009 season, although Changchun Yatai finished as runners-up, the captain Cabarello was awarded the "Best Player of the Chinese Super League" at the season awards ceremony. At this time, Cabarello is already 36 years old, but his performance is still outstanding.
A warm-up game, not only let our national men's soccer team suffered the opening black, but also opened the Honduran foreign aid large-scale influx into the Chinese Super League "Honduran foreign aid fever". Changchun Yatai introduced Cabarello and Elvis, laid the foundation for the team to win the championship, and Cabarello became one of the Changchun fans' favorite foreign aiders with his outstanding performance and gentlemanly manners off the field.
