We explain what football is and what the main rules of this game are. Also, what the playing field and indoor soccer should be like.
What is Soccer?
Football is defined first of all as a game that includes two opponents and a referee with the ability to impose impartial justice. Each opponent is made up of a team of 11 players each on the playing field, with the option of including substitute players during the course of the soccer match.
The objective is roll a spherical ball in order to score a point whose annotation is valid when crossing the boundary line of the opposing goal. Each point achieved is known as goaltherefore the team that scores the most goals over the course of 90 minutes – net time of a match – will be the winner.
Each team must include in its squad a goalkeeper or goalkeeper, the only player capable of touching the ball with his hands and with the task of preventing the ball from crossing his own goal; a group of defenders; a group of midfielders and finally a group of forwards. The tactics of each squad may vary depending on the preference of the technical director in charge of the football team.
See also: Volleyball
Main rules of football
- Side kick Once the ball has crossed a side line, the ball must be taken with the hand to put it back into play.
- Goal kick Once the ball has crossed the front line, having been touched for the last time by a team in the rival field of play, the rival goalkeeper must put the ball into play from his goal.
- Corner kick Once the ball has crossed the front line and has been touched for the last time by a team in its own field, the rival will be allowed to resume play with a throw-in of the ball from the corresponding vertex.
- Yellow card It will be at the discretion of the referee to sanction a player with a yellow card when a player commits an infraction.
- Red card A player will see the red card after receiving two yellow cards and must leave the field of play immediately. It can also be sanctioned with a direct red card.
The playing field
The playing field to play professional football must meet certain conditions established by the sports authority known as FIFA (International Federation of Association Football). These conditions are:
- You will have to include natural or artificial grass rectangular in shape.
- Established length measurements minimum 90 meters, maximum 120 meters.
- Established width measurements minimum 45 meters, maximum 90 meters.
- The bows They must measure up to 2.44 meters, with 7.32 meters of separation between one side post and the other.
Futsal (or 5-a-side soccer)
futsal It is made up of two teams made up of 5 players each. The duration of the match is 40 minutes, separated into two 20-minute parts. Its playing field ranges between 40 meters long and 20 meters wide and is made of solid material. As for the rules, it is made up of the same as traditional football, with the exception of the exclusion of offside and laterals made with the foot.
