PHNOM PENH – Singapore football fans are baying for blood after the Young Lions’ dismal campaign at the Cambodia SEA Games and while Singapore Sport Institute (SSI) chief Su Chun Wei noted that their performance was “far below stellar”, he also urged for patience on...
“We want to see an improvement in performances. It won’t come overnight but I just encourage all of us to give FAS space at this moment and give our team the space to reflect and to learn.”
when he said that “tough questions” will be asked over the next two weeks. Tan had also apologised in the same post after his personal challenge to a social media commenter on the SEA Games went viral.In the aftermath of the Young Lions’ poor display in Phnom Penh, fans have also asked on social media why the footballers are allowed to compete at the Games.
Addressing the topic of the men’s football team, Singapore National Olympic Council secretary-general Chris Chan explained that with a national project like the Unleash the Roar! it would not be fair for the sport to be robbed of an “entry-level” platform to excel at.
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