Saudi Arabia's Naif Hazazi is challenged by China's Mei Fang (bottom) and Zheng Zhi during their Asian Cup Group B soccer match at the Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane January 10, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Of all China's players at the Asian Cup, captain Zheng Zhi may be the most tired of hearing his nation described as the "sleeping giant" of world soccer.
The 34-year-old midfielder first made his mark in the national team as it surfed a wave of optimism in the wake of their first and only World Cup appearance at the 2002 finals in South Korea and Japan.
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