Football

Football (from the English. Foot - foot, ball - a ball) - a team sport in which the goal is to get the ball into the opponent's legs or other parts of the body (except hands) more times than the opposing team. Currently the most popular and widespread sport in the worldName of the gameFull English name (English association football) was coined to distinguish this game from other varieties of "foot ball", especially rugby (English rugby football). In the 1880s there was the abbreviated name "soccer" (English soccer), which today has become widespread in a number of English-speaking countries (except England, where fans will consider it derogatory.)"Football" as the official international name of the game is used by FIFA and the IOC.The general part ofHistory of FootballMain article:

History of FootballGames like modern football, there were quite a long time in different people, but the first written rules date back to 1848. Football is considered the birth date of 1863, when it was first organized by the Football Association and the rules drawn up, similar to modern ones. The story of football began long ago. For example, in Egypt, and in Germany, and China were games like football. The most successful of them was called and came up with it Garpastum Italians. But when there was a modern football, Garpastum been forgotten. When the British came up with football, they immediately began to promote it in all countries, including Russia. At the time, participated in the championship a lot of English teams. About soccer in Russia was first mentioned in the book of one of the doctors [who?] 'Game with the ball in the air. "Rules of the gameMain article: How to Play SoccerIndividual football game called the game, which in turn consists of two halves of 45 minutes. The delay between the first and second halves of 15 minutes, during which teams have a rest and change its end goal.Football is played on a field with grass or synthetic surfaces. The game involves two teams in each of 7 to 11 people. One person on the team (goalkeeper) can play a hand in the penalty area at the gate, his main task is to protect the gate. Other players also have their tasks and positions on the field. Advocates are located mainly in his own half, their task - to counteract the offensive player of the opposing team. Midfielders are in the middle of the field, their role - to help the defenders and attackers, depending on the game situation. Forwards are predominantly in the opponent's half of the field, the main task - to score goals.

The purpose of the game - getting the ball in the opponent's goal, to do so as a lot of time and try to prevent an own goal scored. Match winning team, scoring more goals.In the event that during the two halves teams scoring the same number of goals, it is fixed or draw, or the winner is revealed according to the established regulations of the match. In this case, can be assigned to extra time - two halves of 15 minutes each. As a rule, between the main and extra time the match the teams provided a break. Additional time interval between the teams is given a time to change sides. At one time in football, there was a rule that was declared the winner of the team, first scoring a goal (usually the "golden goal"), or win at the end of any of the additional time (usually the "silver goal"). At the moment, the extra time or not played at all, or played in full (2 halves of 15 minutes). If extra time winner fails to reveal, is a series of penalties that are not part of the game: the gates of the enemy from a distance of 11 meters makes its way to five strokes by different players. If the number of penalty goals from both teams will be equal to, then make their way to a pair of penalties, until the winner was revealed.