2014Sport - Miniature Sheet

Football (engl. football, from the words foot and ball) is a team sport that is played between two teams consisting of eleven players. Football is currently the most popular sport in the world. It can be played by people of all ages and both sexes. Often talking about football as "the most important secondary thing in the world." The game is played with a soccer ball on a rectangular court with grass or artificial surface. Goals are placed opposite to each other on the narrow side of the field. The aim of the game is to put the ball into the goal with any part of the body other than the hand. Only the goalkeeper can be in the limited space, the so-called penalty area, and play with hand. The winner is the team that played at the end of the game scored with more goals.