Football is the Best and the Most Played and
Loved Sport in the current World. Almost all countries in this World Play
Football. Fans are Crazy about their Clubs or Countries they support and at
times we witness Crazy Fights between friends as well who tend to be supporters
of the Rival Team. But What is Football and How and When this Sport Football
originated and How it became a Beautiful Game!!!!
Football is a family of team sports that
involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with a
foot to score a goal. It includes how to score a goal with foot , how to create
a goal with foot and how to defend a goal with foot. A Chinese game
called Cuju (蹴鞠), Tsu' Chu, or Zuqiu (足球) has been recognised
by FIFA as the first version of the game with regular
rules. A Chinese game called Cuju (蹴鞠), Tsu' Chu, or Zuqiu (足球) has been recognised
by FIFA as the first version of the game with regular
rules. And since then there has been various version of the sport by Japanese ,
Greeks ,Romans , Australians, Britishers etc. This Sport during it’s earlier
days was used for Relaxing purpose or as a Stress Reliever.
The Modern Day Football
began in 1863 in ENGLAND , when rugby football and association football "branched off on their different
courses" and the English Football Association (the FA) was formed as the sport's first
governing body. The Oldest Association Football Club being SHEFFIELD FC , founded on 24 October 1857 . And since then many clubs
have been formed across the world and we reached to an era of Modern Football
with modern rules and vast technological advancements in it. The Oldest Indian
Football Club was formed during Britishers reign , MOHAN BAGAN AC , in the year 1889.
The Fédération
Internationale de Football Association or in short FIFA is the
first governing body of the Modern day Football which was founded on 21st
May 1904. It governs all the modern practices and modern rules and is the
main organization responsible to make changes in laws and rules of the game. Currently
211 associations across the globe are affiliated to FIFA. First official
FIFA WORLD CUP was held in the year 1930 hosted by the eventual winners
URUGUAY with their rivals ARGENTINA being Runners Up , where only
13 teams participated. And since then almost after every 4 years FIFA World Cup
have been held apart from the period during Second World War ie 1942 or 1946 .
With 8 Countries across the Globe winning the prestigious Trophy so far with BRAZIL
being 5 times winners , GERMANY(includes West Germany) and ITALY winning 4 times each, ARGENTINA ,
URUGUAY & FRANCE (current Champions) winning two times each and SPAIN
& ENGLAND winning it once.
The Beautiful Game (Portuguese: o jogo bonito) is a nickname for association football popularised by the Brazilian professional
footballer Pelé. Although the exact origin of the phrase is disputed,
football commentator Stuart Hall used it in 1958. Hall admired Peter Doherty when he went to see Manchester City play
at Maine Road and used the term "The Beautiful Game"
to describe Doherty's style when playing. In today’s world PEP GUARDIOLA is termed as the Best Manager in terms of The Beautiful Game. And Yes indeed he
is!!!!
But Did you guys ever think
what makes Football, such a Beautiful Sport compared to other Sports !!!
Football is a Sport where Goalkeeper dies to save goals , Defenders get injured to stop the
opponent’s fierce attacks , Midfielders
create space , create chances , make goals and the Attackers pass through the opponents defense to score a Goal. Beautiful Indeed , Right !!!
And what makes Football more
Beautiful Sport is , any player can win a Game for the team , be it Goalkeeper
saving 20 saves , or be it a defender not allowing opponent to squeeze through
and help the team in scoring a goal , or be it a midfielder who outsmarts
opponents guiding team to victory or an attacker. But in the End it’s the Team
that wins and every player is playing for their team so that they can guide
them to Victory . There have been many occasions when having most possession of
the Football during a Game and still the
team lost , check out ITALY in 2006 World Cup or Chelsea FC in 2012 Champions
League who won the title not by having possession but outsmarting the
opponents with their superb Defensive
tactics. And in 2016 Leicester City FC , made history by winning it’s first ever ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE title competing with the likes of MANCHESTER CITY , MANCHESTER UNITED , CHELSEA
FC , ARSENAL FC , TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS , LIVERPOOL FC etc , and their tactics towards each game and their
dedication helped them to Glory. And they proved the Football Lovers across the
World that No one is Minnows and an Under rated team can also reach to Glory if
they have dedication and hard work within them as a team and they justify the
statement :
“ ANYONE
CAN PLAY AND WIN!!!”
Being a Football Lover and
Player myself would love to see my Country INDIA
to Rise to Glory, and I know seeing the Present Generation of Indian
Players within next 5-10 years INDIAN FOOTBALL
will reach to it’s new height to the likes of Successful Footballing times and Nation across the World. We have Our
own legend Baichung Bhutia who represented our Nation 84 times scoring 27 Goals
during his tenure and guiding us to our First AFC CHALLENGE CUP Glory in
2008 and guiding our team to participate in AFC CUP 2011. And guess what our own Playing Legend SUNIL CHHETTRI is World’s 3rd Active International Goal Scorer for the Nation
who is just behind the likes of the two current best Footballers , LIONEL MESSI & CRISTIANO RONALDO.
Sunil Chhetri guided Indian National Football Team to qualify for AFC CUP 2019 with his marvelous display
and the current generation of INDIAN
FOOTBALL is termed as “THE RISING
INDIAN FOOTBALL” and are nicknamed as THE
SLEEPING GIANTS and I know in next 5-10 Years INDIAN FOOTBALL will reach to a Great Height and that’s what all the INDIAN FOOTBALL LOVERS want!!!
JAI HIND!!!
