Charlton's Zheng Zhi welcomes World Cup group draw

Zheng has been starring in the championship with Charlton Athletic but is looking forward to the action when it starts in February.

"Australia are at a different level than the other three sides and China, Iraq and Qatar are at the same level," said Zheng.

"If we are fully prepared, we will be able to deal with Iraq even though they are the newly crowned Asian Champions. I have more confidence we can beat Qatar because we know how to deal with them.

"But overall, the most important thing for us all is that we have to be confident."