Chennai: Red Bull Neymar Jr.’s Five, a globally established five-on-five football tournament, kicked off the Chennai qualifiers at Tiki Taka, T Nagar, recently.
The city qualifier witnessed 60 teams giving their best. In the final match, Super 5’s played Boom Boom and won the game 3-0 to grab a place and represent Chennaiin the national finals in the last week of September 2021.
Says Neymar Jr, ‘It’s amazing. I remember as if it were today, when they showed me the proposal for the tournament, rules, boxed goals that brought me back to when I was a kid. The objective was transforming Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five into a reference for football players whenever they think of 5-a-side games, and
I think we’re on the right track.’