Kathmandu, Nov. 2 -- It did not even take a day for Patrick De Wilde, who signed a one-year contract on June 5, to question himself whether he could stay for 365 days as the head coach of the Nepali senior women's team.

De Wilde, the Belgian UEFA pro-license holder, had confronted ANFA officials on Day 1 as soon as he found out that he was staying at a different hotel, while his players were kept in a hostel-like hotel far from him.

"I said let's all stay in one hotel, they said they could arrange 3-star. I said a minimum 4-star. And their faces already showed: 'Difficult coach!'," De Wilde revealed in an exclusive interview with the Post after the team's final AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers' match in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

There were...