My favourite sport is football. Football or soccer is played by millions of people around the world.
History
Although during medieval times men used to play games with a ball soccer as we know now was created in 1863 in England by the British Football Association.
Soccer Rules
Soccer is usually played on a field or pitch .It measures around 115 yards in length by 75 yards in width. At either end are two goals posts which are accompanied by an 18 yard box that is mainly used for the use of penalty kicks. Penalty kicks are awarded for foul play by either the referee or his two assistants who are monitoring the match.. The assistant referees can also award offsides for the attacking team .
A Match
To play a match two teams of 11 players is needed. Their aim is to score the most goals to win the soccer match. If teams fails to score or manage to score the same amount of goals then the game will end in a draw. However, in Cup competitions when teams are still level after 90 minutes, matches are carried into two 15 minute halves of extra time to find a winner. And, if this fails to suffice, the game will move to penalties until a team scores . A football match lasts 90 minutes divides in two terms of 45 minutes.
Soccer Kings
The English Premier League, Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A are the leading nations in world soccer .The most well known football teams are Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Lyon, Ajax and Bayern Munich. The best footballers are Messi and Christiano Ronaldo.
World Cup
