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                                          love football 

                                        life is football

                                    play only football

                               can't live without football

top ten football tricks

                                      10.   Elastico

9. Nutmeg

8. Pele Flick

7. Seal Dribble

6.The Runaround

5. Rabona 

4. Marsielle turn

3.Bicycle kick

2. Stepover

1. cruyff turn

about pele

Pele

Born    23 October 1940

Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Playing position    Attacking Midfielder/forward

played for       Santos,  new york Cosmos

national team      Brasil 1957-1951 

he is now retired

He is the highest goal scorer in soccer history, with 1281 goals in 1363 matches. He is the only player in the world to have won 3 world cups.

top ten soccer plaers 2015

Top Ten Soccer Players 2015

10James Rodriguez

9Robert Lewandowski

8Eden Hazard

7Arjen Robben

6Gareth Bale

5Zlatan Ibrahimovic

4Luis Suarez

3Neymar Jr.

2Cristiano Ronaldo

1. Lionel Messi

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top ten football clubs 2015

Top Ten Football Clubs

10.   Liverpool (England)

9. Juventus (Italy)

8. AC Milan (Italy)

7. Arsenal (England)

6. Persib Bandung (Indonesia)

5. Chelsea (England)

4. Bayern Munich (Germany)

3. Manchester United (England)

2. Real Madrid (Spain)

1.Barcelona (Spain)

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for messi fans

Argentina legend Diego Maradona is urging his countrymen to leave Lionel Messi alone after Messi's decision to retire from the national team following their loss to Chile in the Copa America final.

In an interview on La Red radio, Maradona also ridiculed people who have criticized Messi for missing his shot as Chile won a penalty shootout to take the title. Maradona, who led Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup, questioned those who find fault with a football star's play "without ever having touched a ball."

Despite Argentina's loss, Maradona said, "I consider Messi a winner."

Although he earlier joined in the chorus of Argentines calling on Messi to stay

with the national squad, Maradona toned that down on Wednesday.

"Let's let Messi have his holidays," he said. "From now on we have to build a unified idea, and if Messi says, 'I don't want more,' we will have to present another team."

Maradona criticized the Argentine Football Association, whose national team hasn't won a major title since the Copa America tournament in 1993.

"We must have done something wrong because the AFA is the way it is," he said. "Argentine soccer is how it is, and we will be paying for it."

Illustrating his dim view of the current national team, Maradona confirmed the authenticity of a leaked WhatsApp audio in which he implies to his 1986 teammates that their 1986 World Cup-winning squad was better than Messi's.

"We didn't go to play against Chile. We went and beat Germany," he says. "You know what I mean about the difference between one team and the other?"

Messi touched off an uproar in Argentina with his abrupt resignation from the national team after Sunday's game with Chile.

He is the national team's career leading scorer with 55 goals in 113 international appearances, but he has never led Argentina to a major title, losing championship matches to Brazil in the 2007 Copa America, Germany in the 2014 World Cup and Chile in the 2015 and 2016 Copa America.

"I tried my hardest," Messi said on Sunday. "It's been four finals, and I was not able to win.

"I tried everything possible. It hurts me more than anyone, but it is evident that this is not for me. I want more than anyone to win a title with the national team, but unfortunately, it did not happen."

top ten football teams 2015

Current Standing of World's Top Football Team 2016

10.

England

9.

Chile

8.

Wales

7.

Brazil

6.

Spain

5.

Columbia

4.

Portugal

3.

Belgium

2.

Germany

1.

Argentina

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The FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup

FIFA is the highest governing body for association football. It is primarily responsible for arranging competitions and most of the rules related to international competitions. FIFA has its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. It has now 208 association member associations.

  There are six regional confederations associated with FIFA:

Asia: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)

Africa: Confederation of  African Football (CAF)

Europe: Union of European Football Association (UEFA)

North/Central America & Caribbean: Confederation of  North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)

Oceania: Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)

 South America: South American Football Confederation; CONMEBOL

The FIFA was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904.

Innumerable soccer tournaments take place every year around the globe. Some tournaments take place after a particular period of few years. The biggest international soccer event that takes place once four years is the FIFA WORLD CUP. The last world cup was held in the 2014 in Brazil. Germany won the 2014 world cup. It was the 20th world cup. The next FIFA world cup will take place in the year 2018 in Russia.

The official mascot of the FIFA World Cup 2014 was tatu-bola, an armadillo 

The FIFA world cup was started in year 1930 on 13th July. Since then it has taken place once every four years except in the years 1942 abd 1946 because of the second world war.

Adidas Brazuca was the official ball of the FIFA World Cup 2014.

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red card and yellow card

Red Cards And Yellow Cards

Yellow and Red Cards

After awarding a free kick or penalty kick, a referee may take further disciplinary action against a player by showing him a yellow or red card.

Yellow Cards

A player is cautioned and shown the yellow card if he commits any of the following seven offences:

• is guilty of unsporting behaviour
• shows dissent by word or action
• persistently infringes the Laws of the Game
• delays the restart of play
• fails to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner kick or free kick
• enters or re-enters the field of play without the referee's permission
• deliberately leaves the field of play without the referee's permission

Red Cards

A player is sent off and shown the red card if he commits any of the following seven offences:

• is guilty of serious foul play
• is guilty of violent conduct
• spits at an opponent or any other person
• denies an opponent a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper within his own penalty area)
• denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player's goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick
• uses offensive, insulting or abusive language
• receives a second caution in the same match

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referee signals

Referee Signage

Advantage: 

When a referee feels that the fouled team still has an advantage in the situation then he will merely point out both his arms. In such a case he will not blow the whistle.

Indirect free kick:

After signaling for a free kick, if the referee keeps his hand above his head then he is signalling for an indirect free kick. The referee will keep his hand up till the time the ball has been kicked and it has come in the contact of other player.

Direct free kick:

The referee will blow his whistle and point with a raised arm in the direction of the goal of the team who has been awarded the free kick is attacking.

Caution:

Caution is given by showing yellow card by the referee to the player.

Seeding off:

It is a signal to the player to leave the filed by showing a red card from the referee.

Substitutions:

By holding the edges of the flag the signal for substitutions is made.

Throw in:

By bringing hands up in the air with the  flag by the assistant referee towards the direction of corner of the team who passes the ball from the touch line.

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Fouls

Direct Free Kick

When the referee stops play for certain fouls, he may award a team a direct free kick, meaning that team will resume play from the spot of the infraction with a pass or a shot at goal. Any members of the opposing team must be at least 10 yards away when the ball is struck. If the free kick were indirect, it means that a second player must touch the ball before it the team can shoot at goal.

A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following six offenses in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:

• kicks or attempts to kick an opponent
• trips or attempts to trip an opponent
• jumps at an opponent
• charges an opponent
• strikes or attempts to strike an opponent
• pushes an opponent

A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following four offences:

• tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with the opponent before touching the ball
• holds an opponent
• spits at an opponent
• handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area).

Indirect Free Kick

An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper, inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following offences:

• takes more than four steps while controlling the ball with his hands, before releasing it from his possession
• touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released from his possession and has not touched any other player
• touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate
• touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate

An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player, in the opinion of the referee, commits any of the following three offences:

• plays in a dangerous manner
• impedes the progress of an opponent
• prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his hands
• commits any other offence, not previously mentioned, for which play is stopped to caution or dismiss a player.

  Penalty Kick

  

  A penalty kick is awarded if any of the above ten offences is committed by a player inside his own penalty area, irrespective of the position of the ball, provided it is in play.

  One player may then take a free shot at goal (defended only by the goalkeeper standing on the goal line) from the penalty spot, located 12 yards away.

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