Guangzhou Evergrande is eyeing a breakthrough for Chinese soccer by becoming the country's first winner of the AFC Champions League, but its hopes of beating FC Seoul rest with a South American trio rather than local talent.

Brazilian strikers Elkeson and Muriqui and Argentine playmaker Dario Conca have been behind Guangzhou's run to a first continental final where it will take on the South Korean champion away in the first leg on Saturday evening.

Muriqui is the tournament's top scorer with 13 goals in 12 games, Conca has eight, while Elkeson has four for Marcello Lippi's side which smashed Japan's Kashiwa Reysol 8-1 on aggregate in the semifinals.