Wei Guoqiang has been following Chinese football for more than 20 years but reasons to celebrate have been few and far between.

20年来，魏国强（音译）的目光一直没有离开过中国足球，但值得庆祝的理由却是少之又少。

"It's like the Chinese saying; 'you always think your children are the most beautiful no matter how ugly they are,'" the 30-year-old education specialist told CNN in Beijing.

“中国有句俗话：‘母不嫌子丑，狗不嫌家贫，’ 我对中国足球也是这样的心情。” 这位30岁的教育专家在北京接受CNN采访时说。

Dogged by poor performances on the pitch and corruption scandals off it, the Chinese game has been far from beautiful.

绿茵场上球员的欠佳表现和一些贪腐丑闻，中国足球一直不被看好。

But die-hard soccer fans like Wei finally have something to cheer about.

但是像魏先生这样的死忠球迷终于等到了这样一个欢呼雀跃的时刻。

Guangzhou Evergrande, a soccer team based in the southern city of Guangzhou, became Asian champions on Saturday, beating South Korea's FC Seoul to claim China's first continental title in 23 years in a stadium packed to capacity with fans wearing the team's blood-red colors.

11月9日星期六，来自南方城市广州的俱乐部球队广州恒大，在坐无虚席、尽是恒大鲜红球迷的主场击败韩国首尔FC，荣获亚冠联赛冠军，这也是中国足球在23年以来夺得第一个亚洲冠军。

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