Danielle Vos, a player for Kitchee in Hong Kong, has criticized the Hong Kong Football Federation (HKFA). Her team’s scheduled training ground was reallocated to Al Nassr, the club where Cristiano Ronaldo trains. Ronaldo, the 40-year-old Portuguese striker, is in Hong Kong with Al Nassr for the Saudi Super Cup.
Vos, a defender, expressed her anger on social media regarding the decision. She accused the HKFA of giving Al Nassr their booked training grounds, calling it “an over and again shame!” She stated her team had missed several training sessions. Vos also criticized the federation for not supporting women’s football, recalling a previous project. She added, “Last week, we booked the court for training the AFC Women’s Champions League, but the federal tells us that they canceled [our booking] to switch to Al Nassr.”
Kitchee typically trains on artificial grass fields. However, for their upcoming AFC Women’s Champions League match against Crown on August 28 in Cambodia, the team needed to adapt to natural grass. Consequently, Vos and the Kitchee team were scheduled to train on a natural grass pitch before traveling to Cambodia to play Crown, and then proceeding to India for a match against East Bengal. Hong Kong is currently hosting the 2025 Saudi Super Cup, a pre-season event for the Saudi Pro League. The four participating Saudi teams are Al Nassr (with Ronaldo), Al Ittihad, Al Qadisiyah, and Al Ahli.
