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Marcello Lippi has a good plan
Guangzhou boss gunning for another Champions League title


Marcello Lippi is hoping to sign off by retaining the AFC Champions League title with GuangzhouEvergrande after breaking fans' hearts by confirming he won't return next season.


Since joining Guangzhou in 2012, the World Cup-winning manager guided the club to an epochalvictory in last year's competition Erik Karlsson Premier Jersey , on top of his two Chinese league titles and one FA Cup.


Deep-pocketed Guangzhou saw off FC Seoul in the two-leggedAsian final to be crowned winner and end China's 23-year wait forthe continental title.




However Logan Couture Premier Jersey , influential Argentine playmaker Dario Conca announcedhis departure shortly afterwards and last week news broke thatLippi won't stay on after his contract expires this year.


Club president Liu Yongzhuo said the 65-year-old, who has notgiven details about his decision, resisted attempts to persuadehim to stay because he was "tired".


"We expressed our wish in December last year to extend hiscontract, but he did not give us the nod," Liu told a mediaconference.