Nowadays, football is popular enough to millions of players and fans all over the world. It has a history that over two thousand years to Ancient China. In fact, football we now play started in Great Britain, the game was given new rules.
The reasons football is so popular are as follows: First, football is such a simple and cheap game to play you can see kids to their hearts' content with a ball made of plastic bags; just like Pele did when he was a boy.
Next, it is a game with and excitement on the field. It is amazing to see how professional players use their bodies to pass, score and defend, or to feel the excitement of a game with a surprising twist.
What's more, footfall walls and brings people together on and off the field. For example, British and German soliders their guns and played football together on Christmas Day, 1914. So just as Bill Shankly said, "Football is much more than just a sport."
