I joined my office futsal team and now I’m hooked on the highs and lows of football

I don’t know all the rules, I can barely dribble. But now, each week I look forward to my futsal game. Photograph: Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images

I hated sport growing up.

Nothing about me put me anywhere near a court or a pitch. The stereotype of a nerdy Asian kid at school fitted me like a glove. With my head buried in novels, video games and piles of tutoring workbooks, I never took interest in sport.