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The greatest sporting event in the world is about to begin and most United States had no information on the Football. This article offers a brief introduction to the rules of football, the structure of the World Cup, most probably the favorites and underdogs in real time to participate the World Cup FIFA.

Welcome to Soccer 101. Since the World Cup by FIFA, the most popular approaches to sports fervor world, many expect that the greatest tournament in the world will succeed in improving the fan base of this sport. In the past, most people in the U.S. had little or no knowledge or interest in this great event. In recent years there has been a change in the "American" thinking, and soccer is more popular. The event, which clearly defines the sport, World Cup, will take place in Germany from June 9 and will reach its peak on July 9, the crowning with a team from the World Championship.

The word "soccer" is actually used in the United States and Great Britain, which has its origins. The rest of the world simply calls "soccer". Football term is actually an abbreviation derived from "Association Football" an organization founded in London in 1863. Originally called the Football Association, formed to standardize the rules of the game One of the first changes in the rules by the weight of the association is that the ball can not be moved or touched by the hand, with the exception of the goalkeeper. At that time, Many fans and sports players favored morphing into something similar to rugby or American football. This caused a break in the two schools of thought and rugby clubs opposed to the partnership shortly thereafter. The organization's name was invented Football Association to make a distinction between two sports. In 1889, the abbreviated version "Soccer" has started to be used. Finally, in 1895, the spelling was changed to Football. The origin of football, according to historians, is not as clearly defined as the source of the name.

Most old game known as football played in China during the Ch'in Dynasty (255 BC-206 BC). A game with a ball made of animal skins and senior officials from nine feet to form a network connecting a goal, tsu chu "as it was called, was used for training soldiers. It is also documented that he has played as a form of celebration events related to royalty. In the former countries of the Middle East including Egypt, a version of the game was played as a form of fertility rites. American Indians and Eskimos were also versions a game similar to football. A legend records a competition between two villages in Alaska with targets set ten miles away in a game called aqsaqtuk.

An Indian legend is playing in the beach with the objectives of a mile and players wear a mask. Try to distinguish between the teammates and opponents has been a part of the strategy in this game called pasuckuakohowog. Legends surrounding the game described the skull of a vanquished enemy that football is already in the fifth century in England.

Now that know a little history of football, here's a quick look at the base:

Hands not authorized – Only the goalkeeper may use his hands to defend the goal. This does not apply to throw-ins. FIFA hand defined as "any party body from the fingertips to the shoulder. "goalkeeper can not use your hands if the ball is passed directly from his teammate.

Fouls – A player may not hold, kick, trip, charging, jumping case, strike, push or spitting at an opponent or. Fouls are called to the discretion of the umpires, "making distinctions between deliberate and accidental contact. They are often called when the shoulders, arms or hands are used in an offensive way to an opponent.

Direct and indirect free kicks – A blow on the right is one for which you can mark it kicking the ball directly into the goal. An indirect free kick is one by which you can not call directly. You can, however, with the help of the objective by another player. A direct free kick from a fault or hand contact "offense. All the faults of others as an indirect result kick.

Throw-ins – When the ball goes out of bounds beyond the throw is taken by the attacking player near you. In this case, the use of hands is permitted. Both feet must be in the ground and the ball is thrown with both hands on the head.

Goal kicks / corners – kicks or corner kicks are taken when the ball leaves the field through the end of the line. If the offensive team was the last to touch the ball, a turnover and a goal kick is taken. If the defensive team was the last to touch the ball, a corner kick is taken.

Yellow and red – A yellow card given as a warning, a red card is an expulsion of a player. Two yellow cards corresponds to a red card. If a player receives two cards yellow and red card on, which must leave the game and the team playing with ten men.

Two Touch – Article No player may touch the ball twice when placing the ball into play. This rule applies to throw-ins as well. A player can not hit and kicked.

Penalty – as an evil kick direct there is a penalty for a breach of contact or fault committed by the defending team in the area of the penalty area. The shot was taken by the arc of the penalty area, which is 12 meters in front of goal. All offensive players must be outside the penalty area when the coup was defeated. The goalkeeper must have both feet planted on the goal line until the ball is hit.

Offsides – When a player is closer to the goal of opponents to the ball or in front of the ball without a defender between him and the goal, offside is called only if a player is involved in any criminal activity as determined by the arbitrator. This does not apply to a goal kick, corner or shot. It does not a player "own half" of the field. You can not be offside if you are standing in their own half. In addition, the offside rule applies only when the ball is hit, not when the player receives the ball.

To understand this better go to the Laws of the Game of FIFA. Note that the international rules of competition Cup Soccer is extremely complex. Even when viewed in a word, the laws "of the game" are not simple. They can be confusing and difficult to understand. The official FIFA rules is an 70 page book contains 17 articles and thousands of rules. Jump to http://www.fifa.com/ comprehensive legislation for the international tournament.

The World Cup has organized 17 tournaments. Curiously, there were only seven countries have several people who won the championship. Covering the entire history of the tournament, Here are the winners: Brazil 5, Italy 3, Germany 3, Argentina 2, Uruguay 2, England 1 France 1. Surprisingly, six of those victories was World Cup by the host country. This suggests that the host country has a clear advantage. Here a few notable surprises in the way though. Team U.S. losing in 1950 rejected a highly touted English. North Korea beat Italy in 1966 and Cameroon Argentina beat a superpower in sport 1990. If you are looking to put in place a wager on historical facts and the World Cup tournament are important structural considerations.

The tournament structure may be one of the things to watch closely when it comes to deciding who is the favorite. In 2006, Brazil and Japan are equal, are in the same pool. It is therefore difficult to predict who will survive to this group. Head to head match-ups are not the only thing taken into consideration. Fatigue comes into play when uniformly talented adversaries meet in a first round. So keep in mind that even if Brazil is victorious from the beginning still have the energy to go the distance? There is also a bit of luck involved in the final group structure. The top 8 teams are separated as # 1 Seed in groups A to H. Germany and Brazil get their passes as top seed, as they are, respectively, the host nation and the former champion. Clubs others have simply taken at random from a bowl.

Pools of the World Cup have been selected and planted in order descending like this:

Group A Costa, Germany, Rich, Poland, Ecuador
Group B England, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Suede
Group C: Argentina, Ivory Coast, Serbia-Montenegro, Netherlands
Group D Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal
Group E, Italy, Ghana, USA, Czech Republic
Group F: Brazil, Croatia, Australia, Japan
Group G: France, Switzerland, Korea, Togo
Group H: Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia

Group A: Germany an opponent so hard, and are at their home stadium, making them afraid. However, Poland has a legitimate chance to make the final. Group B: It is important to note that Sweden has not lost against England in 37 years. Group E: The Italians are a good team, but in general, this group is too matched call. The United States has both the possibility that anyone in this division. Group C: Both teams the most difficult power in a single group are Argentina and the Netherlands. One of these undoubtedly emerge victorious.

The Underdogs: Trinidad and Tobago pay large (~ 1000 / 1 to win), but may do so past the first round? Portugal (~ 22 / 1), Sweden and Mexico (~ 40 / 1) and Ukraine (~ 50 / 1) also offer a large reward if they win.

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