Nike Tiempo Streetgato Prm IC Indoor & Futsal Soccer Shoes - Black/Triple Black/Matte Black

• Premium leather-blend upper in a matte triple-black finish that stays matte at the flex points
• Flat non-marking IC outsole with a pivot circle for parquet, tarmac and futsal courts
• Snug midfoot lockdown - wide footers should go up half a size
• Quiet enough for jeans, sharp enough for the small-sided game

Let us get the sizing out of the way first, because it is the one thing that will annoy you. This is not a wide shoe. The Tiempo Streetgato Premium IC grips the midfoot hard, and if your forefoot is broad you will feel the collar pressing on your little toe for the first three or four sessions. Between sizes? Go up. Planning to wear thick cotton socks in a cold hall? Go up. Once that upper finally softens, though, the lockdown is genuinely superb - zero heel slip, zero lateral slide when you shift weight to strike through the ball.

On court the whole package clicks. The low-profile rubber outsole sits dead flat, the pivot circle under the ball of the foot lets you spin out of a marker on polished wood without that horrible skidding sensation, and because the platform is thin you get a real read of the floor through the sole. It is not a cushioned shoe and it never pretends to be. Coming from a running-derived trainer you will feel every board. What you get instead is directness: a snappy toe-off, honest ball feel through a flat forefoot and just enough foam under the heel to survive a full two-hour session.

The triple-black execution is the sleeper here. Matte black upper, blacked-out swoosh, black laces, black midsole, nothing shouting - which is exactly why it works with a kit and with jeans. The Premium version uses a softer, more pliable leather blend than the standard Streetgato and you can feel it around the collar and tongue. Wipe it with a damp cloth, keep anything oil-based away from it, and the matte finish will stay matte instead of polishing up shiny at the crease lines.