Soccer

The soccer is one of the most popular sport in the world and is praticed in hundreds of countries. Historians discovered traces of games with ball in many acient cultures.

These games weren't soccer because they didn't have rules like we have actually, but it demonstrate interest since the acient times. In acient China, around 3000 a.c, Chinese military played a game that was a military training. After the war, they organized teams to kick the head of enemiy soldiers. In the course of time, the head was replaced by the ball, they organized two teams with 8 for each side and they needed to pass the ball by the stakes driven into the field without keep the ball touch the floor.

Were created many games like soccer in countries like, Greece, Japan, etc, to arrive in England. There the soccer received rules and won popularity. The ball began to be filled by air, the field began to measuring 120 by 180 metters and in the two tips was instaled two rectangular arches called goal. In 1848 was established the only code of rules for soccer. In 1871 was invented the goalkeper, the only person that can touch the ball using hands to defend the goal. In 1875 was established that the time was 90 minutes and in 1891 was created the penalty, to punish the foult into the area. Just in 1907 was invented the impediment.

In 1904 was created the FIFA, the major federation of soccer in the world, with the headquarter is Zurich Switzerland and its president Sepp Blatter, FIFA promotes the most important championchips in the worl like the world cup.

