We explain what soccer is and what the main rules of this game are. Also, how should the playing field and futsal be.
What is Soccer?
Soccer is defined in the first place as a play which includes two opponents and a referee with the ability to impose Justice impartial. Each opponent is made up of a team of 11 players on the playing field each, with the option of including substitute players during the football match.
The objective is to roll a spherical ball in order to score a point, the score of which is valid when crossing the limit line of the opponent's goal. Each point achieved is known as goalTherefore, the team that scores the most goals in the course of 90 minutes -weather net 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 its own arc; a group of defenders; a group of flyers and finally a group of forwards. The tactics of each squad may vary according to the preference of the technical director in charge of the football team.
Main rules of soccer
- Side kick. Once the ball has crossed a side line, you must proceed to take the ball with your 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 on the rival field of play, the rival goalkeeper must put the ball into play from his goal.
- Corner shot. Once the ball has crossed the front line and has been touched for the last time by a team in their own court, the opponent will be allowed to restart the game with a throw-in of the ball from the corresponding vertex.
- Yellow card. It will be up to the referee to sanction a player with a yellow card when a player commits an offense.
- Red card. A player will see the red card when 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 practice professional football must meet certain conditions established by the sports authority known as FIFA (International Federation of Association Football). These conditions are:
- You will need to include natural or artificial grass in a rectangular shape.
- Long established measurements. minimum 90 meters, maximum 120 meters.
- Set measurements of width. minimum 45 meters, maximum 90 meters.
- The goals must measure up to 2.44 meters, with 7.32 meters of separation between one lateral pole and the other.
Futsal (or soccer 5)
Futsal 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 composed of material solid. In terms of rules, it is made up of the same rules as traditional football, except for the exclusion of offside and laterals made with the foot.