Chinanews.com client, December 5th. In the final round of the AFC Champions League on the evening of the 4th Beijing time, South Korea’s K-League team Suwon Samsung defeated the Japanese J-League team Kobe Victory Boat 2:0.

As a result, Guangzhou Evergrande, the Chinese Super League team with the same score as Suwon Samsung in the same group, was squeezed to third in the group due to a goal difference and missed the qualifying.

After the game, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Club issued two consecutive announcements at night: the club management model was adjusted to the general manager responsibility system under the leadership of the chairman, and Zheng Zhi became the general manager of the club from now on.

In the final points ranking of Group G, Suwon Samsung beat Guangzhou Evergrande to advance with one goal difference.

Image source: AFC official Weibo

　　A few days ago, Guangzhou Evergrande drew 1:1 with Suwon Samsung in the qualifying battle.

This means that the fate of the team is in the hands of Kobe and Suwon.

If Kobe, who is ahead of schedule, can beat Suwon, then Evergrande would like to offer the right to the line.

But once Suwon scores a 2 goals or more victory, then Evergrande will definitely be out.

　　In the end, the game ended with a 2-0 victory in Suwon, and Guangzhou Evergrande was also out of the game.

In the four games of the group stage, Evergrande achieved 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Lin Sangxie made a penalty kick and Suwon led by 2 goals.

　　Guangzhou Evergrande won the AFC Champions League in 2013 and 2015. This is the second time they have been out of the group since they participated in the AFC Champions League in 2012.

Since there is no Super Cup competition this year, plus the previous loss of the Chinese Super League and the elimination from the FA Cup, this is also the first season with no results since Evergrande played in the Chinese Super League in 2011.

　　Although the previous 2016 season was also eliminated in the AFC group stage, the team still completed the sixth consecutive CSL under the leadership of Scolari.

In the 2018 season when the main lineup was aging, although Evergrande lost the Chinese Super League championship, it completed the "standard configuration" for qualifying in the AFC group stage, and there were trophies in the pre-season Super Cup, avoiding all four.

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Club issued two consecutive announcements at night on Weibo screenshots

　　After the AFC Champions League was out, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Club issued two announcements at night.

　　At 23:58 on the evening of the 4th, about an hour after Evergrande confirmed that the AFC team was out, Guangzhou Evergrande officially announced: "From now on, the club management model will be officially adjusted to the directors under the leadership of the head coach. The general manager responsibility system under the leadership of the chief executive."

　　Immediately after the early morning of the 5th, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club issued another announcement, Zheng Zhi will be the general manager of Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club from now on.

Zheng Zhi, 40, has not retired and is currently serving as the assistant coach and team captain of the Guangzhou Evergrande first team.

Data map: Cannavaro Picture source: Visual China

　　This also means that Zheng Zhi, who took the post of general manager, has become the leader of head coach Cannavaro.

Whether Evergrande can stage the "Return of the King" next season, we can only wait for time to give an answer.

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