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Article #325: Soccer - The World's Most Popular Sport

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Soccer is perhaps the world's favorite score wins the game.During a game,
spectator sport, popularly known as players are only allowed to wear soccer
"Football" in Britain and other European equipment and are prohibited to wear
countries. This game can be as anything that may harm him as well as the
frustrating as golf, as physical as other. This includes any kind of jewelry
football and hockey, as erratic as and other accessories. The basic soccer
baseball, and as exciting as basketball. equipment of a player include a jersey or
No simple word can describe the shirt with their distinctive soccer
popularity of the game, with a global patches; shorts, if thermal under shorts
television audience of 49 billion people are worn, it has to be the same main
for the 2002 World Cup alone. The game is color as the shorts; stockings; and
exciting and highly addictive to watch footwear, soccer shoes, boots, cleats.
and play.Professional game rules require There are instances that players may use
11 players per team, 10 playing the field extra equipments such as shin guards and
and one goalkeeper. With the use of a headgears. The shin guards protect the
round ball, the matched is player with leg below the knee and are completely
the two teams wearing shirts of different covered by the stockings. These are
colors with distinctive soccer patches. either made of rubber, plastic, or
The game is divided into two sets, each similar substances. While the head gear
for 45 minutes long with the referee are available to protect younger players
adding "extra time" based on time being when heading the ball. For goalkeepers,
wasted or play being stopped during the they must wear a color that separates him
original 45 minutes. Usually, the extra from the other goalkeeper, players, the
time will be about one-to-three minutes. referee and the assistant referees. There
A maximum of three substitutes may be are four important details that one
used in any match played in an official should know about the game before he is
competition organized under the auspices ready to play soccer. The first is that
of the World Governing body Federation only the goalkeeper is allowed to use his
International Football Association hands, and this is only within the
(FIFA), the confederations or the confines of the marked-off area
national associations. However, in other surrounding the goal. When a player uses
competitions the rules must state how their hands on a ball, the opposing team
many substitutes may be nominated, from gets a free kick from the spot of the
three up to a maximum of seven.The violation.The second vital information
decision regarding a match ending with a that you should remember about the game
tie score usually depends on the actual is that players are generally penalized
type of game being player. There are for rough or unfair play with the use of
times when the just simply ends in a tie cards. A yellow card is considered a
score after the regular 90 minutes game stern warning, while a red card signifies
plus any added time. On the other hand, a a serious violation. Once a player
game ending with a tie score may lead receives a red card it means that he had
into an overtime with an allotted time of been ejected from the game and cannot be
extra play leading to penalty kicks, this replaced and that leaves the player's
usually occurs during a deciding game of team with less players. Meanwhile
a tournament. Each team is given five receiving two yellow cards will equal to
attempts to score on the opposing a red card, meaning the player will
goalkeeper, the team with the highest receive the same penalty.






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