While in 2013, Zheng has captained the Guangzhou Evergrande to a third successive Chinese title and the Asian Champions League title the first time that a Chinese club has won that.

After making history in 2013 to become the first Chinese team to win the AFC Champions League, five-time Chinese Super League ( CSL) champions Guangzhou Evergrande stormed back to the Asian top podium here on Saturday.

在2013年历史性地成为中国第一支取得亚冠冠军的球队之后，五届中超冠军得主广州恒大于周六重新站上了亚洲最高领奖台。

FC Seoul reached the quarterfinal of the tournament in 2009 and 2011.

首尔FC分别在2009年和2011年进入亚冠四分之一决赛。

The AFC Champions League title is also the first continental trophy for Scolari since he steered the Selecao to the Confederation Cup in 2013 on home soil.

这次的亚冠冠军也是斯科拉里自2013年带领巴西国家队夺得联合会杯冠军之后的第一个洲际冠军。

The team coached by Luiz Felipe Scolari also claimed its second AFC Champions League title in just three years.

这只由路易斯·斯科拉里执教的球队同时也在今年拿下了3年内的第2个亚冠联赛冠军。

The AFC said Zheng, 33 years old, put in assured performances throughout the Champions League and also helped China regain consistency after coach Jose Antonio Camacho was fired following a 1-5 defeat to Thailand in June.

亚足联称，33岁的郑智在亚冠联赛中发挥出色，而且在国足前教练卡马乔（Jose Antonio Camacho）被解聘后，他帮助稳定了球队的军心。今年6月份卡马乔因中国国家队1-5惨败泰国队而被解聘。

Beating a Korean team is particularly significant, as teams from the country have won three of the last four tournaments.

击败韩国球队意义非凡，因为来自韩国的球队在过去四次亚冠联赛中三次夺冠。

But Guangzhou Evergrande drew waves of criticism from the public as the team unilaterally changed their kit for AFC Champions League final without the consent of shirt advertisement sponsor.

但是广州恒大因为在亚冠联赛决赛的最后一场比赛中更换球衣胸前广告而受到了公众的批评。

The two tied 2-2 in the first leg in Seoul last month, giving Evergrande a two-goal away advantage. Evergrande won 3-3 on aggregate goals.

恒大在上月首尔首回合客场较量中2-2战平首尔FC，本次比赛后总比分为3-3，凭藉客场进球多的优势夺冠亚冠联赛。

It was difficult to spot a shirt that wasn't red in Guangzhou's Tianhe Stadium on Saturday night, as the team faced 2012 K-League winners FC Seoul in the second leg of the final.

周六晚上，广州天河体育场内是一片红色的海洋，很难找到一件不是红色的衣服。当晚广州恒大对阵2012年K联赛冠军首尔FC队，展开亚冠联赛决赛第二回合的较量。

'Winning this cup is very important for Chinese football. We grew a lot this year and reached a level where we can compete with international teams,' he said.

他表示，赢得亚冠联赛冠军对中国非常重要，恒大今年成长了许多，达到了能与国际球队抗衡的水平。

The 67-year-old Brazilian became another coach who possesses World Cup and AFC Champions League trophy following Italian Marcello Lippi, the former coach of Evergrande.

这位67岁的巴西老人也是继广州恒大前任主教练里皮之后，又一位拿下了世界杯冠军和亚冠冠军的主教练。

Stunned by Western Sydney Wanderers from Australia in the AFC Champions League quarterfinals last year, Evergrande vowed to regain the title from the beginning of this season.

在去年的亚冠联赛被来自澳大利亚的西悉尼流浪者淘汰出局之后，广州恒大从本赛季的一开始就立志重新夺回亚冠冠军这一头衔。

te 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.

事情。我们能够有资格连续两年参加亚洲冠军联赛。所以，去年我们所失去的，在今天我们得以再创，这正是我们付出的努力，我们能够赢得亚冠赛，我们今晚做到了，我们可以做得到。”

To top things off for Evergrande, Muriqui was crowned both the top scorer and most valuable player of the tournament by the Asian Football Confederation.

另外，广州恒大球员穆里奇获得了本次亚冠联赛的最佳射手和最有价值球员两个奖项。

Zheng, who is also captain of Asian Champions League winner Guangzhou Evergrande, is the first Chinese player to win the top Asian footballer award since Fan Zhiyi more than a decade ago, in 2001.

同时还担任亚冠联赛（Asian Champions League）新科冠军广州恒大队（Guangzhou Evergrande）队长的郑智是继范志毅之后第二位获得亚洲足球先生的中国球员。范志毅在2001年曾获这一荣誉。

Evergrande's ascent to becoming Asia's top club took just three years.

广州恒大成长为亚冠联赛冠军的进程仅历时三年。

The AFC supremo also hinted that in the near future, the AFC Champions League will only be opened to clubs from the professional leagues.

哈曼也暗示，未来的亚冠，只会公开给职业俱乐部参加。

Lippi is one of the world's most famous coaches. He guided Juventus to a European championship in 1996, Italy to a World Cup victory in 2006, and Guangzhou Evergrande to the Asian championship in 2013.

里皮是世界上最著名的教练之一：1996年带领尤文图斯获得欧冠冠军，2006年率领意大利队夺得世界杯冠军，2013年带领广州恒大获得亚冠冠军。

Tiago, who helped his club win a record sixth straight title at the weekend, started his career with Sporting Braga before joining Benfica in2002 and winning his first cap against Scotland.

蒂亚戈帮助了他的俱乐部在周末完成了一项史无前例的纪录&法甲六连冠，他于2002年加盟本非卡之前是在巴拉加竞技队开始足球生涯的，并且在对苏格兰的比赛中首次代表国家队上场。

Marseille hope to thrash out a deal to keep Djibril Cisse on loan from Liverpool from another year.

法甲球会马赛希望能够与利物浦谈判以将法国前锋西塞续租一个赛季。