Football
How to get going
What is football?
Football is an exciting sport to get you fit. It is very popular around Wales and we are sure that you have heard about it before. There are certain positions that you can play. The first international football game was in the year 1863 in London, England. But the first game on Match of the day was Arsenal v Liverpool in the Anfield stadium. It is a simple game that you try to score more goals than the other team.
The Rules
The basic rules of football are:
When you tackle you must kick the ball. If you don't kick the ball and you kick the player you are likely to get a yellow card by the referee. If you get another yellow card you get a red card which means you will get sent off the pitch. You can get an instant red card by hurting a player badly but it doesn't happen very often. It's obvious too you are not to touch the ball with your hands. Only if you're the goal-keeper and you`re in the box.
Attack
If you are up-front your main goal is to score goals. You must be quick, skilful and be able to shoot on target.
Midfield
In midfield you almost rule the game because your job is to defend and attack and make sure your team keeps possession of the ball at the same time.
Defence
To be a defender you must be strong and quick
reacting help the to goal-keeper to not let a goal in. You must be concentrating all the time.
Goalkeeper
The goalkeeper is the only one that can touch the ball with his hands.The goalkeeper can save shots and penalties. The Goalkeeper can get yellow or red cards in a match like every other player on the pitch.The goalkeeper`s nickname is goalie.
Things you need in a Club
Kit
These are the Chelsea 2015-16 kit.The turquoise and yellow kit are the home and away goalkeeper kit.The blue,white and black kit are the players kits.
Badge
For each club there is a different badge. This is Chelsea's badge. Most nickname's of the clubs are named after their badges like Chelsea's nickname the blues.
Stadium
Each individual club has their own stadium.This is chelsea`s stadium. It's called Stamford Bridge in London.They can use olympics games in a football stadium.
Staff
You need staff to train,heal and help the players to make sure their the best they can be.If someone gets injured the medical staff come on the pitch and help there teams player.
Manager
A Manager is the person that controls the team in the game.He picks the players to buy to the club too.
Players
If you know anything about football it is probably this because you can't play without PLAYERS!!!!
History of football
The first game on Match of the day was Arsenal v Liverpool in Anfield Stadium. The first international game was in 1863 in England,London. But the first internatial friendly was Scotland v England and the score was 0-0 in Hamilton Crecent. The referee was William Keay on 30 November 1872.
Greatest Footballers
These are a few of the greatest footballers of all time
Messi=Barcelona=Argentina
Pele=Retired=Brazil
Ronaldo=Real Madrid=Portugal
Maradona=Retired=Argentina
Zidane=Retired=France
Ronaldo=Retired=Brazil
George Best=Retired=Northen Ireland
Kaka=Retired=Brazil
Chelsea
Chelsea were the champions of the 2014-15 Premier League but this season there not doing so well. In the league they are 13 this season and out of 20 teams that is not very good thinking they won last time. There stadium is called Stamford Bridge.
Barcelona
Barcelona are not in the Premier League. They are a spanish club so there league's name is La Liga.They are on the coast of Spain.There stadium is Camp Nou. The capticity of the stadium is 99,354.
Swansea
Swansea City is a very loved team in Wales because its on the coast of Wales.They are the best welsh football team we would say because they are the only one that are in the Premier League in Wales. Their Stadium name is Liberty Stadium.
Here is Messi playing in a game
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