After sweeping three domestic titles in a year, reigning Chinese Super League champion Guangzhou Evergrande is more than keen to talk about its AFC Champions League ambitions.

Evergrande clinched crowns in the Chinese Super League, the Chinese FA Cup and the Chinese Super Cup in 2012. However, its debut performance in the continental tournament failed to impress boss Xu Jiayin.

At the club's year-end feast last month, Xu expressed his desire to win the regional club event and set the goal of "making the semifinals and fighting for the trophy".