Football

The concept of football

Football is a sport in which the ball is dominated by the feet and head,
with two teams playing on the same pitch, attacking and defending.

Football is the most popular, widely played and influential sport in the
world.
It is the most popular, most widely played and most influential sport in
the world and is known as the "number one sport in the world".
 Characteristics of football
Holistic
In football, each team has 11
players on the field. The 11
players on the field must be
united in their thinking and
action, the attack must be fully
active, the code must be fully
defended and the sense of
overall participation must be
strong. Only by forming an
overall attack and defence can
we gain the initiative and a
good result in the game.
Antagonistic
Football is a highly competitive and
confrontational sport in which both
sides fight for control, to get the ball
into the opponent's goal and to
keep it out of their own goal, in a
short battle, especially near the two
penalty areas where the fight for
time and space is fierce and heart-
stopping. In a high level match,
both sides fell to the ground more
than 200 times as a result of
scrambling and collisions, showing
the intensity of the confrontation.
Characteristics of football

Variability
Football is a technically
Accessibility
colourful, tactically
unpredictable and
unpredictable non-periodic There are no strict restrictions
sport where the use of skills on time, number of
and tactics is subject to direct participants, venues or
interference, restriction and equipment, making football a
resistance from the opposition. very accessible sport for all.
Techniques and tactics need
to be applied and played
flexibly according to the
specific situation on the field.
 The role of football
1. It is conducive to the formation of good psychological quality and moral character. Regularly
engaging in football can cultivate people's willpower, self-control, sense of responsibility, but
also cultivate bravery and tenacity, resourcefulness and determination, perseverance, courage
to overcome difficulties, solidarity and cooperation, close cooperation, a sense of collective
honour and other ideological virtues.
2. It is conducive to strengthening physical fitness and promoting health. Football is a good
means of overall exercise and physical fitness, and is a proven sport in national fitness
activities. Regularly engaging in football can improve people's strength, speed, sensitivity,
endurance, flexibility and other physical qualities, especially to enhance the cardiovascular
system, respiratory system and other internal organs of the human body, thus promoting the
health of the human body. It has been determined that the lung capacity of a good football
player is 2,000 to 3,500ml more than normal, and the heart rhythm when quiet is 15 to 22
beats per minute lower than normal.
 The role of football
3. It is conducive to enriching amateur cultural life and improving the quality of life. People get
emotional experience from playing football, artistic enjoyment from watching football matches,
and exchange of ideas from talking about football, which enriches people's spare-time cultural
activities and improves their quality of life. Football has become an important part of the
politics, economy, culture and life of some cities, reflecting the spiritual outlook of the city,
being one of the symbols of the city's image and a carrier of the construction of spiritual
civilization.
4. It is conducive to uplifting the spirit of the nation. In major international football matches, it
can inspire people's spirit of unity, enterprise and patriotism. For example, when the Cameroon
football team entered the World Cup in the top 8, President Beyer awarded goalkeeper Nkono
and striker Mira the highest civic knighthood - "Lord of Courage", and all the players and
coaches were also awarded the "Order of Courage "He also awarded the Medal of Bravery to
all the players and coaches. In his speech, he praised them for providing a lesson for the whole
of Africa in "unity and struggle for victory".