Evergrande out to end SIPG's dream

Chinese Super League champion Guangzhou Evergrande and big-spending Shanghai SIPG take their domestic rivalry onto the continental stage when managers Luiz Felipe Scolari and Andre Villas-Boas face off in the first leg of the Asian Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Both clubs have become dominant forces in Chinese soccer, with cash-rich SIPG spending heavily to supercharge its attempt to deny Guangzhou a record-extending seventh domestic title.

Guangzhou has won the CSL title in each of the last six seasons and been crowned Asian champion twice since 2013.