Giving someone a high five is typically a way to express respect and admiration.

An athlete from The Philippines, however, managed to make the gesture appear rude.

Aggressively high fiving Malaysian players

On Nov. 29, the Philippines' football team defeated their Malaysian counterparts with a 1-0 score at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

After the match centre back Justin Baas, who plays for Dutch football club Jong AZ, caught the attention of Malaysian fans.

As a form of formality, footballers often stand in a line and shake hands or exchange high five one another at the end of the game.

But some felt Baas was being unnecessarily aggressive while high fiving the Malaysian players.

He also hit some of them on their shoulders.

The Malaysian footballers appear shocked by his behaviour.

Some of them even complain to his teammates about the incident.

A video of the incident went viral online after the official fan club for Malaysia's national football team posted it on their Twitter page.

https://twitter.com/harimaumalaya7/status/1201804919595913216

As of the time of writing, the video has over 700, 000 views and over 18, 600 retweets.

Here is a translation of the Twitter caption:

"Does he know that the match was filmed live? So rude.

Justin Baas, Jong AZ player.

The Philippines celebrated their win over Malaysia as if they had just won the World Cup.

Luckily, the Malaysian players are chill."

Malaysian fans angered

Baas' rude behaviour angered many Malaysian fans, who flooded his Instagram's comment sections with strong criticism.

Philippines fans apologised

Fans of The Philippines fans took to Twitter to apologise for Baas' actions.

Top photos via Harimau Malaya/Twitter.