Team members of Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao celebrated at the award ceremony.

CHONGQING(CQNEWS)--The CFA Super Cup of 2017 kicked off at Chongqing Olympic Sports Center on February 25. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, winning the championship in the last season’s China Super League and CFA Super Cup, met the runner-up Jiangsu Suning on the court. Finally, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won the champion by 1:0 because of the goal by Alan.

About 50,000 football fans were present.

Foreign players presented a feast of football match to Chongqing football fans

As the first big football event of the year, the confrontation between the champion and the runner-up in the last season’s China Super League was very intense. Because of the new restrictions by the Chinese Football Association, Sunning appointed 4 foreign players and Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao had 3 foreign players in the starting line-up.

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao’s Alan was named the MVP of this match.