The use of your feet is key in soccer.
Soccer (from the English football ) is a sport in which two teams made up of eleven players face each other. Each team, which has ten players moving around the field and a goalkeeper (also known as a goalkeeper or goalkeeper), will try to get the ball into the rival team's goal, respecting various rules. .
The basis of the regulation
This sport, which in Spain is also called football and in the United States is known as soccer , has as its most important rule that players, with the exception of the goalkeeper in their area, cannot touch the ball with their hands or the arms.
Every time the ball enters the rival goal, a goal (a score) is scored. The winning team is the one that scores the most goals in regulation time (two 45-minute halves), although a tie (equality of goals) is a possible result.
The playing field in soccer is rectangular and covered with grass, usually natural. The goals are located on each side of the field, and each team must defend one and score ( make goals ) on the other.
Football history and main figures
The origin of football took place in England . The Football Association developed, in 1863 , most of the rules that still govern this sport today. Currently, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (whose acronym is FIFA ) is the body in charge of governing football worldwide.
Precisely when referring to the history of world football, it is important to highlight the name of a series of players who have become, due to their values and qualities, key figures within this sport. Thus, for example, we should talk about the Brazilian Pelé, who for many has been the best footballer in history.
Soccer is one of the most popular sports worldwide.
The International Olympic Committee recognized this forward as the best athlete of the 20th century. At Santos in Brazil and at Cosmos in the United States, he developed his career and became a key figure in his team, with which he won three World Cups and in which he still maintains having been its top scorer with a total of 77 goals. .
Nor can we ignore the figure of other footballers who have left an indelible mark on this sport, such as the Argentine forwards Diego Armando Maradona and Alfredo Di Stéfano, the Dutchman Johan Cruyff, the German Franz Beckenbauer, the Brazilian Ronaldo or the Italian Michel Platini.
Lionel Messi, the biggest star of recent years
Currently, the one who is considered the best footballer of the moment and one of the greatest in history is the Argentine Lionel Messi. This athlete currently plays for FC Barcelona, who has among his achievements such important awards worldwide as the Golden Boot, the Golden Ball and distinctions such as being the top scorer in the Champions League in a single season or having achieved the highest number of goals in a single match in the aforementioned Champions League.
Messi, however, has not yet managed to triumph in the most important event. Every four years, FIFA organizes a World Cup that brings together the best teams in the world, who qualify for the tournament after passing a qualifying stage.