Essays on Association Football

Some can touch the ball with their hands while some cannot. Some can get yellow cards while others can get red. Some always run and are never involved; others cannot cross the line and only wave their flags. What are these words about? Obviously, they are about a wonderful game of soccer. It is truly the Earth's national game. It gathers many millions before their televisions or computers and gets the stadiums full to the rim. It leaves calm very few and can make the most modest and polite people rage and burst the emotions in their support for ...

Introduction

Soccer, or association football in many countries around the world, is a ball game played by teams consisting of eleven players each. The game itself is played on a rectangular field with goals at either end. The objective of the game is to score a point by making the ball enter the opposing player’s goal. Each team has a goalkeeper, a player who guards their respective team’s goalposts and prevents the ball from entering it. Except for the goalkeeper, players are only allowed to use either their head, torso, or feet to kick and touch the ball. ...

Introduction

- World Cup is an international association football competition conducted after four years. - It is a global event - It only requires 32 teams to compete - Next World Cup would take place in Brazil

Preparations

- Brazil has spent a lot of resources preparing for the event - Accommodation would be required for the thousands that would visit the country - Several stadiums have been prepared

Security

- Security is crucial in the course of the event - Issues of insecurity have been rising in Brazil recently - However, the government has allocated more ...