Honda expressed his dissatisfaction with the condition of the Nepali football field through his TikTok account, saying, ‘I think there’s a joke going on here.’
Japanese football icon and midfielder for Bhutanese club Paro FC, Keisuke Honda, has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the condition of the football field in Nepal. In a video posted on his official TikTok account, he questioned whether it was possible to perform at full capacity at the training ground and the match venue.
Honda, who came to Nepal for the first leg of the AFC Challenge Cup Preliminary Qualifiers, a third-division club competition of the Asian Football Confederation, showed dissatisfaction with the condition of the field. Paro FC also stated that the field was not up to their satisfaction.
Paro was given the Bhadrakali Army ground for training. However, Honda criticized the state of the field. He said that when they arrived at the training ground, they saw hundreds of people cutting grass. In the video, Honda said, ‘I felt like a joke was going on here.’
He added, ‘When we reached the training ground, there were hundreds of people cutting grass.’ He criticized the training ground and said that the main field was not comparable to the fields he had played on before. He stated, ‘The match field is not comparable to the fields I have played on before, and there is uncertainty about whether we can play at 100% capacity on this field.’ Paro FC and Nepal’s Church Boys Club will compete in the first leg at Dasharath Stadium on Tuesday, with the next match to be held in Bhutan.