Guangzhou Evergrande's win has broken China's Asian title drought. It means the team will be Asia's representative at the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco next month. Coach Marcelo Lippi and player Zhao Xuri talked about the significance of the victory and anticipation for Club World Cup.

"Obviously, winning this cup is very important for Chinese football. From our side, we grew a lot. What we have been trying to do is to increase our level so that we are able to compete on the international level with any other teams. We won this year, which is obviously good for Chinese football and the Guangzhou Evergrande. We were able to compete in the Asian Champions League two years in a row. So the thing we missed out last year, which we recreated this year, is the effort and will to win this Champions League, which we did tonight and we were able to do it." said Lippi.