<img title="Neymar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/jan/neymar20jan.jpg" alt="Neymar" /> Neymar. Pic/ AFP
A tournament true to Neymar Jr&rsquo;s roots, Neymar Jr&rsquo;s Five reflects the star footballer&rsquo;s dynamic style of playing and his unbreakable strive for fun in his life.
This five-a-side football game carries the main objective of scoring as many goals as fast as possible and outplaying the players of the opposing team. The team that concedes a goal has to send one player off the pitch, and each game continues until one team has lost all five players, or for 10 minutes, whichever comes first.
City qualifiers for the 2017 national finals were held across 12 cities in the country between October and December last year, including Ahmedabad, Goa, Cochin, Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The winning teams will now compete at the national finals later this year &ndash; alongside the winners of the corporate leg &ndash; for a chance to make it to the Neymar Jr&rsquo;s Five World Finals in Brazil. The first ever qualifiers for Neymar Jr&rsquo;s Five in India were held in early 2016 as Winning 5, with a young team from Bangalore &ndash; called Dream Team &ndash; emerging victorious, and subsequently travelling to Brazil to compete in the Neymar Jr&rsquo;s Five World Finals in July.
Undoubtedly every footballer&rsquo;s dream, a trip to Brazil and the chance to meet Neymar Jr are unparalled experiences.
Says Dream Team, the team from Bengaluru who experienced this first hand, &ldquo;the format for Neymar Jr&rsquo;s Five is a lot of fun. The rules make it a lot more fun and competitive &ndash; you lose your game for a minute and bam, you lose a player. Properties such as this motivate Indian footballers to work hard, to achieve opportunities to represent their own country, which is always a very proud moment. We stayed in Brazil for five days and remember every second of it. We went to Santos, Neymar Jr&rsquo;s home town, and the people there are some of the kindest people you&rsquo;ll ever meet. We visited the Santos stadium, which is where the draws were decided. Over the next two days we played the tournament, which was held in Neymar&rsquo;s stadium, Instituto Neymar Jr &ndash; and what a beautiful stadium it is. On the second day, the most loved man in the country, Neymar Jr himself, came and we couldn&rsquo;t believe our eyes. He is a beast, and such an inspiration to people all over the world.&rdquo;

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Neymar Jr's five-a-side football tournament to kick off later this month

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A tournament true to Neymar Jr&rsquo;s roots, Neymar Jr&rsquo;s Five reflects the star footballer&rsquo;s dynamic style of playing and his unbreakable strive for fun in his life

Neymar Jr's five-a-side football tournament to kick off later this month

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