Fresh after Singapore's humiliating 7-0 defeat by Malaysia at the SEA Games football tournament on Thursday (May 11), it was no surprise that fans...
"If things keep going like this, the game we love will die," he added.
Tan has since deleted his interaction with the angry netizen. He had also made his Instagram account private while leaving a"sorry" on his bio.“Literally challenging someone to meet face-to-face like that is a really, really bad idea on the part of Bernard. It would have been far better for him to simply walk away," said one commenter on Reddit.
“Did the head of a national sports association just challenge a fan to a confrontation?” asked another on Facebook."This is good, he offered to meet and talk," one fan said."Meet the big brass and share your solution, if you think you can do better." In a Facebook post seen by AsiaOne, Tan seemed to explain his interaction with the fan:"The events of last night led to emotions running high with some abuse on my social media from unfamiliar accounts. I regret responding and I apologise deeply. I am sorry."Singapore's loss to Malaysia meant that the Republic finished their 2023 SEA Games football campaign without a single victory – a first since 1987.
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