The Name of the Game??

What do you get when you put a bunch of men in an enclosed area with a ball? Easy...they play...hmmm with a little less conversation and a little more action. I went "uninvited" to some friends’ football game at The Cage - Singapore First Indoor Soccer Stadium. They have already KO when I reached. Sitting down as I watched the game unfold, the Nike ad filmed four years ago started replaying itself in my head. I’m sure everyone remembered it - the one where Eric Cantona starred with other footballers sponsored by Nike. Enclosed in a cage, it was no ball picking, no throw-ins, no corners and no goal kicks. No man in black and men with flags. So the game went on and on and on and on…. There were nice touches here and there, some cheeky back-heels, some looping balls that would turn into goals in a stadium. With the ball at their feet, some shot on sight, some took it down to the bye-line before looping it over for the poachers. And in all football games, there were brilliant sav