Hong Kong coach blasts ‘disgusting’ treatment, women given men’s toilet to change in

Hong Kong women’s head coach Ricardo Rambo was already annoyed at the venue for his side’s Guangdong Cup match, and then he saw the dressing room.

While the men’s team will take on their mainland Chinese rivals at Hong Kong Stadium on Sunday, their counterparts have been sent to the backwaters of Kowloon Bay Park, and forced to use the men’s toilet to get changed in.

The fiery head coach, who has not shied away from taking his Football Association of Hong Kong, China, to task in the past, let his feelings be known in an explosive post on X, accompanied by a picture of players’ kit on a table in front of dirty urinals.

Under the heading “Equal oportunities? Equal treatment??? Disgusting!”, Rambo posted the picture and the comment: “Is this a proper women’s representative team changing room for an important home cup game.”

He added his own reply: ‘Refere (sic) to previous post: Equal???”

Three days ago, Rambo had also taken to social media to question whether his side was getting the support it deserved from the HKFA.

In a post on X highlighting his side’s run of six wins in their past 11 matches this year, Rambo said it had been a “journey of hard work and determination”.