‘Beckham, Carlos and Barthez’ star in Asian Cup

DAVID BECKHAM, Roberto Carlos and Fabien Barthez are not players you would normally expect to see at the Asian Cup.

However, no team has left home without one this year.

The ‘Beckham of Uzbekistan’, the ‘Roberto Carlos of Iraq’ and the ‘Barthez of Indonesia’ have all been in action in China.

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