1.

Chapter – The beautiful game

• The first World Cup was in 1930 ( Uruguay beat

Argentina 4-2 )
• Football is the world’s favourite sport
• The football rules are easy
2. Chapter – What kind of football?
 Soccer

 Rugby

 American football

 Gealic football
3. Chapter – Playing the game

The first teams played 2-3-5

Hungary began to play 4-2-4 in 1950
In 1966 England played 4-4-2
• Throw in • Goalkeepers
• Goal kick • Defenders
• Offside • Midfielders
• Foul • Attackers
 4. Chapter – The story of football
• Football is very old
• The English kings didn’t like football
• The rules were very different
• First player were amateurs
• Football was played first at the Olympic Games in 1908
5. Chapter – We won the cup

• Leagues
• Cups
• The World Cup
• Regional competitions
• Club competitions
6. Chapter – Women’s football
• The First World War
• In 1971 women could play on club grounds
• Mia Hamm
• Birgit Prinz
• Marta
7. Chapter – Stars of football
• Pelé (He was only 17 years
old when he played his first
World Cup and he scored the
winning goals for Brazil)
• Diego Maradona
• Zinedine Zidane
• David Beckham
• Hidetoshi Nakata
8. Chapter – The business of football

• The first payment

• TV companies
• Fans
• Foreign Players
9. Chapter - The dark side of football

• Crowds
• Hooligans
• Cheating
10. Chapter – Football today and
tomorrow
• Football in the USA
• New rules
• Technology
• Super leagues
Thanks for watching
• corner: (in football) a free kick from the corner near
the other team’s goal
• blow: to send air out from your mouth
• penalty: a chance for your team to score a goal
when the other team has broken the rules
• referee: the person who controls a football game
• whistle: a small metal tube that makes a long high
sound when you blow it