Chinese champions’ captain insists his team won’t be taking Eastern lightly in the AFC Champions League, having learned a painful lesson on national duty last year Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao captain Zheng Zhi insists his team won’t be taking Eastern lightly in the AFC Champions League on Wednesday night, having learned a painful lesson on national duty against Hong Kong. The big-spending Chinese champions play Hong Kong’s at Tianhe Stadium in a match that has many echoes of the two World Cup qualifying matches China and Hong Kong played in 2015.