Introduction
Today football is considered one of those elegant sports that is played with a genuine passion for the game. Everyone is familiar with the concept of match fixing, which has frankly ruined the entire fun of watching a game. You never know which game was truly fought for, and for which game the outcome was already decided long before the game began. So far, football seems to be far out of the terrain of match fixing. Followers all over the world know for a fact that every game played is a game battled for. Today football clubs around the world invest all of the energy that they could summon in every game that is played. There is no point following a football club that does not respect the feelings that the fans worldwide have.
History
Often football is confused with the game of American Football, which by the way, is an entirely different game. To make the difference clear, football is also sometimes called soccer. While we know American Football to be invented by Walter Camp in 1876, the traditional football that is known worldwide is estimated to be invented about 2,000 years ago. Only in America is the game of football confused with American Football. Today football -- and particularly the World Cup that is held every four years -- is described as a game in which the entire world comes together, only to stand apart. Even though the World Cup is played by teams each representing a different country, on the norm though, most of the football that is followed all year round is played by clubs that include a mix of players from different countries. The unity they display during the match is therefore all the more glorified.
Features
The entire fun of football comes from extremely fair and justified sportsmanship. No referee on the football ground during the match is known to be biased. Each player, regardless of what country, or what club, follows the same rules, and not a single mistake made by anyone is neglected. If proper sportsmanship was not maintained throughout the years that the game has existed, football would have soon deteriorated and all the glory surrounding the game would have long faded away. In this regard, one sport that has lost all of its charm over the years is cricket. Once a game played by great gentlemen, it is now looked at with great skepticism. Every win or loss is thought to be preplanned and hence cricket is no longer a sport that it used to be. Today football is respected the most because of its outstanding sportsmanship.
Tips and comments
However, if you notice, today football is a game that clubs invest a lot of money in. If you have ever come across the news surrounding football, you would know that players are bought by clubs every few years in amounts up to several thousands of dollars, sometimes even millions, which even though sounds outrageous, is at the same time even more startling. Imagine yourself having the ability to shoot a ball right, and clubs all over the world paying you millions to join their club. Who would not wish to be a football player after this?
