FOOTBALL/ SOCCER

WHAT’S THE GAME ALL ABOUT????

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries , making it the world’s most popular sport.The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Players are not allowed to touch the ball with hands or arms while it is in play, except for the goalkeeper within the penalty area. Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the ball, but may also use any other part of their body except the hands and the arms. The team that scores most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time or a penalty shootout depending on the format of the competition. Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation Of Association Football [Fédération Internationale de Football Association), which organises World Cups for both men and women every four years.

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There are two types of punishments given to the players if they defy the laws of the game of football.

THE YELLOW CARD

The cold feeling runs through your spine to all parts of the body when you perform an
unnecessary tackle to one of the other team member and you hear a *BEEP*

YEP! You guessed it right! The referee raises his hand and he’s holding a yellow card.

There are many possibilities if you are given a yellow card

A FREEKICK

A HALF COURT FREE KICK

35 YARD FREEKICK

A PENALTY

The yellow card suspends you from playing the next game with your team that is, even if you are the key player

THE RED CARD

You know that you are done for, everytime the referee blows the whistle. You think, ” oh no! what card am I gonna get now?! If you are lucky by gods grace, then you get a yellow card but if you perform a brutal tackle…..hooo boyy you are in for a treat!!! You get a get a red card which suspends you for 3 games.

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THE TOP TEAMS OF 2018-2019

BARCELONA	KEY PLAYERS- MESSI , SUAREZ, PIQUE COUTINHO, DEMBELE
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JUVENTUS	CRISTIANO RONALDO, BONUCCI, CHELINNI, MANDZUKIC, DYBALA