Hello, now I am going to tell you about football.
The most popular team sport in the world is football. Today it is played by a huge number of guys and even girls.
The exact year and place of origin of this sport is still unknown. But some historical data make it clear that football was also played in ancient times. And football has changed a lot over the years. If earlier the ball was created from feathers and leather, now the ball is filled with air inside, and the outside is sheathed with pieces of leather, and now the choice of soccer balls is huge.
But still it is believed that England is the very first football country in the world, it was there, in the 12th century, that football appeared as a team and favorite sport. For a while, the king even banned this game, but the desire of the people to play football was stronger than any prohibitions. After the ban was lifted, the first football teams and rules began to appear, and then the Football Association and the tournament.
Football has retained love for itself to this day. Today, in almost all countries and cities there are football sections where children of different ages go, usually they start playing football from the age of 5-6, and the career of a football player ends by the age of 40. It was with them that all the great football players started. Today, even special football schools are being created, where boys, in addition to studying, also attend training.
Football is played in the following way. 2 teams of 11 players enter the marked football field, each has its own role, it can be a goalkeeper, a defender and a striker. Each player takes a place on the field according to his role, after the whistle of the referee, the match begins, the purpose of which is to score the ball into the opponent's goal and as much as possible. The match lasts 90 minutes, but there is also extra time. During the match, players must follow certain rules, you can not push, trip and touch the ball with your hands, without the referee's whistle, if the rules are violated, the player will be given a warning in the form of a yellow or red card.
The most important football holiday is the World Cup.
It lasts several months in one country, which is chosen in advance. All football teams representing one of the countries of the world participate in winning the main prize - the golden cup. This championship unites the whole world, because fans come from all over the country to support their favorite team. During the championship games, huge stadiums of football fans gather.
According to the latest data, about 250 million people play football in our time, and there are much more of those who simply follow matches and championships, and it seems that love for football will always be.