by JB de Joya. Photos by Jenner Ong and Roehl Niño Bautista.

Heroic saves, showy cross-court passes, and relentless attacks filled the various futsal matches at adidas all24 as the competition saw players from different teams going all in to fight for victory.

The competition kicked-off with the elimination rounds, with heat of the sun and the smaller size of the all24 court making the action more intense.

But for the finals, the South Elites and Team Socceroo emerged as the true contenders for the title.
The finals match was the perfect culmination of what the previous games had to offer. Early on, the match looked like an easy victory in the making for the South Elites with the first half ending at 3-1 in their favour.

But Team Socceroo quickly caught up, punching in goal after goal until finally crashing an equalizer through the South Elites’ goalkeeper to put it at 5-5, sending the match into overtime.

The blue-shirted five-man squad kept the pressure on the yellow-shirted players through their gutsy plays and energetic offense. The match stayed close even until the dying seconds, 7-6 in favour of the South Elites as the ref blew the whistle at full-time.




