Football Fever Nowadays, football is known by the entire world.

Everybody knows what football is, but not all of them love it. Football lovers do not include only boys, even girls are interested in it may be of some other reasons. Normally, football fans enjoy football as it is exciting but for girls, some of them enjoy looking at those players who are handsome or force to watch football matches because their partner wants to. Only a few which really love football and will be as crazy as men. Actually, football is known forgames which were played on foot. This is the most popular sport and commonly known as football or soccer. Football is the word which references the action of the foot kicking a ball. On the other hand, people know football is because of the competition like World Cup and Euro. These competitions had made the fans all over the world to be crazy around. There are happiness and sadness in football. Happiness we get is mostly seen, but for the sadness, the tragedy which had occurred frequently brings the fans to death. Although football will drag our life, the fans are still crazy over them. Football is started at the Ancient Greeks and Romans. At Roman, a game called harpastum is believed to have been adapted from a Greek game called episkyros or phaininda. These games appear to have resembled football. Cicero, a Roman politician describes a man who was killed whilst having a shave when a ball was kicked into a barbers shop. There is also evidence of the resembling of football found in the Chinese military manual Zhan GuoCe which describes football as a practice known as cuju. Cuju here means it involves kicking a leather ball through a small hole in a piece of silk cloth which was fixed on bamboo canes and hung about 9m above the ground. According to one variation of this exercise, the player was not permitted to aim at his target unimpeded, but had to use his feet, chest, back and shoulders while trying to withstand the attacks of his opponents. Another form of the game was the Japanese Kemari which is began 500-600 years ago and yet still played today. This is a sport lacking a competitive element with no struggle for possession involved. Standing in a circle, the players had to pass the ball to each other, in a relatively small space, trying not to let it touch the ground. The rules for the competitions are codified by International Federation of Association Football in England. The entire game will depend on the format of the competition which is codified. The Football Association also evolved since then.According to the FIFAs Law of the Game, the game is played using a spherical ball of 71 cm (28 inches) circumference in FIFA play, known as the football or soccer ball. Two teams of eleven players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under the bar), thereby scoring a goal. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner; if both teams have scored an equal number of goals then the game is a draw. Each team is led by a captain who has only one official responsibility as mandated by the Laws of the Game: to be involved in the coin toss prior to kick-off or penalty kicks.The primary law is that players other than goalkeepers may not deliberately handle the ball with their hands or arms during play, though they do use their hands during a throw-in restart. Although players usually use their feet to move the ball around, they may use any part of their body (notably, "heading" with the forehead) other than their hands or arms. Within normal play, all players are free to play the

ball in any direction and move throughout the pitch, though the ball cannot be received in an offside position. In typical game play, players attempt to create goal-scoring opportunities through individual control of the ball, such as by dribbling, passing the ball to a team-mate, and by taking shots at the goal, which is guarded by the opposing goalkeeper. Opposing players may try to regain control of the ball by intercepting a pass or through tackling the opponent in possession of the ball; however, physical contact between opponents is restricted. Football is generally a freeflowing game, with play stopping only when the ball has left the field of play or when play is stopped by the referee for an infringement of the rules. After a stoppage, play recommences with a specified restart.At a professional level, most matches produce only a few goals. For example, the 200506 season of the English Premier League produced an average of 2.48 goals per match. The Laws of the Game do not specify any player positions other than goalkeeper, but a number of specialised roles have evolved. Broadly, these include three main categories: strikers, or forwards, whose main task is to score goals; defenders, who specialise in preventing their opponents from scoring; and midfielders, who dispossess the opposition and keep possession of the ball in order to pass it to the forwards on their team. Players in these positions are referred to as outfield players, in order to distinguish them from the goalkeeper. These positions are further subdivided according to the area of the field in which the player spends most time. For example, there are central defenders, and left and right midfielders. The ten outfield players may be arranged in any combination. The number of players in each position determines the style of the team's play; more forwards and fewer defenders creates a more aggressive and offensive-minded game, while the reverse creates a slower, more defensive style of play. While players typically spend most of the game in a specific position, there are few restrictions on player movement, and players can switch positions at any time. The layout of a team's players is known as a formation. Defining the team's formation and tactics is usually the prerogative of the team's manager. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. president once said, "Sports is the very fiber for what we all stand for. It keeps our spirit alive." No matter if watching or playing, football is one of America's most popular sports. This is because football requires tremendous amounts of teamwork and sportsmanship to be successful. No one man can win a football game. He may make a big tackle or a diving catch, but without him and the other 10 players on the field, he cannot win a game. A football player cannot be selfish and put himself before his team. One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it said legendary Notre Dame football coach, Knute Rockne. This proves that teamwork is vital in the game of football. If you have 9 players doing their job and 2 is not doing. Then you are not going to be a very successful team. It takes 11 players working and communicating together to be successful. This made football a very exciting game and millions of people attend games in person or watch them on television. People can predict the talent of teams but not the results because there are many factors affecting the outcome of the game. A team can win big this week and maybe lose at the next keep. For an example of factor, the team might be lack of luck or the players are not in the good condition. That is what makes football exciting and fun to follow. For football fans like me, four years once for FIFA World Cup or Euro are not enough. Fortunately, they are separated and organize after 2 years after any of the competition. This will be good for us to stay up late watching the games. As it is exciting, we rather sacrifice the whole month watching football. When we met other football fans, we still get to talk to each other but all topics are about FOOTBALL. This is what we call Football Fever.

Normally midnight, when you hear some crowd shouting, I will be betting that they are watching football. If you are living around there, sorry for the noise they made because they are just addicted by football and enjoying themselves when their favourite team or their favourite player scores. You must be understanding and forgive them. Think positively and you will find out that your house area is secure as those thieves will be easily caught red handed when there are many people around. When the crowd will be going crazy because the match turn out to be more exciting either the team win or loses, do not care about them. The less you care, the less problems you will face. They might be happier to make louder voice in order to criticise you. Sometimes, you get to see people wearing football jerseys everywhere you go especially supermarket. I remember last month, when the morning Chelsea just beat Bayern Munich, nearly every football fans are wearing the Chelsea jersey walking around.Is football so exciting which will make the fans do not care about anything? I bet a yes on it. People choose to sacrifice their sleeping hours to watch. For football haters, they might be asking why dont they watch the match again at tomorrow? The answer will be funny as everybody do not like to be the second person who bites the meat which had been bitten by others. We will be knowing when to score so, what for to waste time waiting for the time to come and the player score? Well, when we are watching football live matches, we cannot guess the time the player score or know whats going to happen next. It is unpredictable as well. Any happen will affect the whole match. For example, a player misses a penalty when the team is losing by one goal, a red card which brings the player down which could make the winning teams lose or make the losing teams worse. These are why football fans enjoy football that much. If one team makes a mistake, it will be vital when the opponent take chance of that mistake to score a goal as they will be losing. They will be needed to chase back the game again. How to chase the game back? Normal answer will be pushing up more players when attacking. But when you are attacking, the opponent might be preparing for a counter attack which might be crucial. Once they lose the ball, they will be punished to death as it is already 2-0.When one team is losing two goals, it will be very hard for them to get back the game because the opponent might be defending with all its might. Can you imagine that when 10 players of yours attacking a team with 11 players as the goalkeeper must be in his position? It will be tough except you are really good at offence and practice the tactics for times. This year is time for Poland and Ukraine to organise EURO. The competition is so far so good. Although there are some cases happened between the fans, they are well solve by the security there. Those cases happened are just because the fans are too hoping their country to win the game so that they can get pride. Nearly every match, the fans at the stadium are around 50,000. If we add all fans that are sitting in front of the television or computer watching, they might be more than hundred thousand as most of the fans are watching at the bar. Actually, players that will be playing at Euro are supposed to be proud because it is not easy to get chosen into their international squad. One must be talented or have the ability to control and win the match will be chosen. When the players make silly mistake during the game, they will make their own country ashamed and being scolded by their people. If they bring glory, they will be respect by the whole country and famous. That is why football is so funny. To sum up, football is a spherical ball that you do not know where it will be going. So, do not simply make a conclusion before the competition is end as nothing is impossible. .