{"id":27924,"date":"2018-04-20T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=27924"},"modified":"2018-04-19T10:00:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T02:00:25","slug":"neymar-jrs-five-scores-big-at-manila-cebu-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2018\/04\/20\/neymar-jrs-five-scores-big-at-manila-cebu-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Neymar Jr\u2019s Five Scores Big at Manila &amp; Cebu Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Neymar Jr\u2019s Five<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> made its return to the Philippines for two consecutive back-to-back weekends for the tournament\u2019s opening qualifiers in Manila and Cebu. Overall, the series saw a host of teams advance to the National Finals on Saturday, April 21<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 2018, at Turf BGC in Taguig. Qualifying teams include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Manila Qualifier A<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27926\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Perspolise-and-Naij-FC_web-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Perpolise<\/em><em> (blue jersey) and Naji FC (white jersey)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">French Kiss FC <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Manila <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tenth Power<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Naij FC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Tenth Power B<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Realcelona<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tala Cu Chi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perspolise<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Manila Qualifier B<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27929\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Tondo-FC-_-Selecao_web-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Tondo-FC-_-Selecao_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Tondo-FC-_-Selecao_web-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Tondo-FC-_-Selecao_web-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Tondo FC (blue jersey) and Selecao (white jersey)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Koora<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selecao <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ABCDE FC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ballers Fc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National FC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brazilipinas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tondo FC<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cebu Qualifier (Liga 5v5)<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27931\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Leylam-FC-A_web-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Leylam-FC-A_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Leylam-FC-A_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Leylam-FC-A_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leylam FC A<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neymar Jr\u2019s Five is a truly global phenomenon and is the Brazilian forward\u2019s signature football tournament. Every year, Neymar Jr\u2019s Five brings together players from all corners of the world to celebrate their love for football in a fast, technical, and fun competition. Each match lasts for ten minutes of play. There is no goalkeeper and the moment one-team scores, the opposition loses a player. The only way to win is to outplay them all!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27927\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Perspolise_web-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Perspolise_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Perspolise_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Perspolise_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Perspolise<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Perspolise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> came out as the big winners of Qualifier A at Blue Pitch, in Circuit Makati, on Saturday, April 08<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 2018. The team included Team Captain <\/span><b>Hamed Hajimahdi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, who was a member of the Iran International Football team. Perspolise took the much coveted first place spot after defeating second place winners, <\/span><b>Naij FC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27925\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Naij-FC_web-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Naij-FC_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Naij-FC_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Naij-FC_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Naji FC<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was good,\u201d shares Hajimahdi. \u201cFootball is my life; I have been playing since I was thirteen years old. We want to have fun at the Finals, and we want to go to Brazil.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Qualifier A also saw the return of <\/span><b>Realcelona\u2019s<\/b> <b>Martin Sarmiento<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, who had played in last year\u2019s Neymar Jr\u2019s Five with <\/span><b>Legion FC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was very challenging and it gave us a lot of experience since we haven\u2019t played together before,\u201d says Sarmiento. \u201cPerspolise was our hardest opponent today, but we are going to train more and play a few games outside the tournament to prepare for the finals. Hopefully, we can make it to Brazil!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27930\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Tondo-FC_web-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Tondo-FC_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Tondo-FC_web-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Tondo-FC_web-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Tondo FC<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SPARTA PH hosted Qualifier B on Saturday, April 14<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 2018. The afternoon saw the return of many teams from last year\u2019s inaugural Neymar Jr\u2019s Five, including 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> place winner, <\/span><b>Tondo FC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe played better than last year,\u201d shares Tondo FC team captain, <\/span><b>Dennis Balbin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cWe really had to prepare for this year. We worked on team defense and organization. We learned that Neymar Jr\u2019s Five is really a team effort. We had difficulties, but this time we proved that we could do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27932\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Leylam-FC-A-and-Leylam-FC-B_web-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Leylam-FC-A-and-Leylam-FC-B_web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Leylam-FC-A-and-Leylam-FC-B_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Leylam-FC-A-and-Leylam-FC-B_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Leylam FC-A (white jersey) stands atop sister team Leylam FC-B during Qualifier C in Cebu.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The following day, Sunday, April 15<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 2018, Neymar Jr\u2019s Five advanced to Cebu for Qualifier C at the Guiseppe Football Club. The Visayas-leg of the tournament saw a total of ten teams compete in several grueling rounds of competitive play, with <\/span><b>Leylam FC-A<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> scoring the first place win from <\/span><b>Leylam FC-B<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the first time, this year\u2019s edition of Neymar Jr\u2019s Five showcased a number of female participants that included <\/span><b>French Kiss FC\u2019s<\/b> <b>Jennifer Cornelio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, along with <\/span><b>Aliah Reonal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Niveen McEvoy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from <\/span><b>Asians on the Loose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, both of whom were initially questioned by the venue\u2019s guards upon entry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAt first we were hesitant to join because it\u2019s dominated by guys, a few big ones, but we thought this is a good opportunity and definitely a good experience,\u201d shares Reonal. \u201cGender should not hinder whatever you want to do. Just because you are a girl, it should not be a surprise that you are playing football. It is normal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who will outplay them all and make it to Neymar Jr\u2019s home turf for the World Finals? The Neymar Jr\u2019s Five National Finals takes place this coming Saturday, April 21<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 2018, at Turf BGC in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This is a press release from Red Bull Philippines.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neymar Jr\u2019s Five made its return to the Philippines for two consecutive back-to-back weekends for the tournament\u2019s opening qualifiers in Manila and Cebu. Overall, the series saw a host of teams advance to the National Finals on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Turf BGC in Taguig. Qualifying teams include: Manila Qualifier A Perpolise (blue jersey) and Naji FC (white jersey) French Kiss FC International Manila Tenth Power Naij FC The Tenth Power B Realcelona Tala Cu Chi Perspolise Manila Qualifier B Tondo FC (blue jersey) and Selecao (white jersey) Koora Selecao ABCDE FC Ballers Fc National FC Brazilipinas Tondo FC Cebu Qualifier (Liga 5v5) Leylam FC A Neymar Jr\u2019s Five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[5872,2691,5873,161,5871],"class_list":["post-27924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-givesyouwings","tag-neymar-jrs-five","tag-neymar-jrs-five-qualifiers","tag-red-bull","tag-red-bull-philippines"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/04\/Perspolise-and-Naij-FC_web-e1524103129402.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27933,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27924\/revisions\/27933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}