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The United States and Australia are probably the only countries in the world where football is not one of the top-three most popular sports. An Australian now living in the United States has proven to be annoying over the years.

Going to John Lennon and saying that soccer is more popular than God. But football is not only the most popular sport in the world, it is also the best. Like, objectively. Here’s why some sports are so complicated that it can take years of patient analysis (or patient interpretation from an expert) to get your head around it. I like the NFL, baseball and cricket, but I will also admit that they are a bit heavy on the wording, the finesse and the highly technical techniques that can hinder the casual spectator.

Hey even NFL referees get a little confused sometimes (see attached video).

Soccer, on the other hand, is a type of sport that you can get your head around after watching for about two minutes. Once you figure out the offside rule, that’s about it. There are fundamental problems with the sport when authorities have to change some aspects of the rules before each new season. The NFL is a consistent offender, recently removing its highly unpopular baldness rule and revising the rules of physical contact frequently (there is no doubt that one day a lawsuit will be avoided).

Rugby is worse.

1 Since the introduction of the “back-pass” rule in 1992, soccer has not changed its rules, despite the claims of some fools. Watch the last five minutes of any basketball game and you know that the deadline is out of reach. Whenever both teams hold the ball hand in hand, or deliberately give it to the opponent when they don’t, it takes time for the clock to freeze.

In addition to clock management, deadlines are often used to slow down your opponent’s pace, rather than forcing teams to play from their fun. They are also used to give professional athletes a rest that they don’t really need. Oh, and these are an excuse to block advertiser games more often.

Give me the free-flowing relevance of football any day. Two hundred and three countries tried to qualify for the 2014 World Cup. There are fewer countries in the UN. Football is played absolutely everywhere; It transcends every national division.

Is there another team game where more than 20 countries are consistently competitive? More than 10? Probably not, which is why games like the Rugby World Cup become a bit of a joke, as countries like Namibia scratched a team of 15 together to make Australia 142-0. Physical endurance, but do any of us still believe it? It’s hard to enjoy supernatural performances in so many Olympic games, no one has this worrying thought in their head: “I wonder if they do anything …”

There is no medicine for efficiency and judgment under pressure, the twin principles of any football champion. Maradona and Pel had no star sign next to their names; Instead we can just sit back and enjoy their talents without worrying about whether they are getting any unfair chemical benefits and chanting “Goodbye, bye, USA!” With the World Cup and some local fans. It struck me that in football alone an African country with a geopolitical and economic power like the United States could win with less than 300 million people and 80 points below it in the GDP list.

There is the obvious beauty of a well-timed bicycle kick, diving header, -0 yard scream. But for purists, Spain’s “tiki-taka” is a reminder that dynamic team work can be as beautiful as personal acrobatics. It’s actually a “beautiful game.” Although each game starts with two teams on either side of a line, from that point on it is a free flowing session of unpredictability. Except for the set piece, there is very little predefined structure.

Even the structure of each team is open to explanation from the coach, instead of fitting a set template. While NFL coaches need to be careful not to “illegally form”, their football counterparts play independent Brazil to choose 4-4-2, 3-5-2, or even 9-0-1. The best player in the world right now is a weed Argentine 5’7 “. In addition to goalkeeping (where you need to stand at least 6 ‘to get to the top), all men are created equal when it comes to football. You can never get to the top without it; football is not one of them.Try to build a career in any winter sport with huge amount of cash just for equipment.

In football, all you need is a ball (or any round object). Not only does it give more opportunities to poorer countries, some would argue that it benefits them, many careers are built from the rough-and-tumble game of urban slums. In each country, a league. And in those leagues, sometimes several divisions (Estonian third division, as you can see from the video, are still taken very seriously by some). And thousands of amateur competitions.

Football is played at every skill level, age and gender (yes, both). In every country of the world. That scale is what professional football players are in great shape, thanks to a game that lasts 90 minutes (and sometimes two hours) without a time limit. But it also has to show the range of their fitness: cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, strength, flexibility, speed. While fitness priorities can vary from location to location, in reality you need to have them.

It’s not hard to be surprised at an athlete who will be able to run for two hours, compete with an opponent at an angle, and master a bicycle kick week after week. For every colorful celebration of nationalism or arrogance, there is often an ugly conclusion that is expressed through the violence of the crowd.

But emotion creates excitement and color, first and foremost. Football fans care more than fans of any other sport, which creates a surprisingly intense live experience. In any other game, fans can be intense, but no one is too devastated at home when their team loses. Injury

While some Yahoo may argue that these sports are therefore superior, it is a shame that we can only enjoy some athletes for a short period of time by reducing their ability before injury.

Meanwhile, some football stars do not reach their peak until their 30s and may continue to play at the top level beyond that. And at the amateur level, you can choose to play well in your twilight years. Shoot their extraordinary cheekbones on a regular basis.

Moreover, football players build more attractive physique than other sports because well-organized fitness is required, while Prince Fielder’s choices are able to stack up in pounds because they don’t need to be trimmed to do what they do.