Kathmadnu, Feb. 23 -- At 3:19 pm on Monday (Nepali time), Sabitra Bhandari, aka Samba, wrote an emotional Facebook post seeking financial support for her ACL surgery.

Samba, Nepal's all-time leading goal scorer, ruptured the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in her right knee in the second half of Wellington Phoenix's Round 11 match against Brisbane Roar on January 3. The injury was sustained when Samba collided with Brisbane's goalkeeper Chloe Lincoln.

It is the second time Samba sustained an ACL injury. The first was during the match against Nepal Police Club during the National Women's League 2078.

Samba had received treatment for her first injury in Qatar in 2021 and returned home in February 2022.

Now, she has reinjured the same k...