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How Did The World Cup Of 82' Affect People's Opinion On Soccer

 

            How Did The World Cup Of 82' Affect People's Opinion On Soccer.
             And How Did It Encourage Them To Play It?.
             Soccer is a popular sport played all over the world. Even though it has only been .
             popular in North America for the past 30 years, soccer has been a long time favorite most .
             everywhere else. It is the national sport of most European and Latin-American countries, and of .
             many other nations. "Millions of people in more than 140 countries play soccer"1. The sport .
             dates back to the Egyptians, who played games involving the kicking of a ball. Now, the sport .
             has grown to a global pastime, including men's and women's teams, and the World Cup (which.
             is played every four years since 1930). .
             The modern game of soccer has a simple goal: kick or head the ball in to the goal of .
             your opponent's team. Basically, there is also one simple rule: No one except the goalkeeper.
             may use they"re hands to play the ball. Soccer is a simplistic sport. Eleven members of each.
             team defend their side of the field to prevent the ball from being forced into their goal, which .
             results in a point scored by the team kicking the ball. There are only three officials involved .
             during play: The referee, and two linesmen. .
             .
             As the number of entries increased and the demand for a place in the finals was.
             getting bigger, FIFA decided it was time to set a larger stage for the finals. After several .
             conferences and meetings, they agreed to expand the finals to twenty-four teams. Two teams .
             each came from Africa, Asia and CONCACAF region. South America still had three spots, .
             Europe would get thirteen. The host and the cup holder would round up the number. This was .
             the best World cup since 1970, with many many good and some bad memories, it also break .
             some of the old records. .
             China played for the first time after they joined FIFA in 1979 and Taiwan was moved to .
             Oceania zone. Israel was moved to Europe. As expected, many new faces appeared, but at the .


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