The History of soccer in Brazil!

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Introduction

Soccer has been one of the most practiced sports in the whole world.It has been playing in many countries.although we have not sure about the beggining of the sport,many historians discovered traces of ball games in many ancient cultures.That ball games were not soccer because it had no rules, but show the man's interest in this type of sport since ancient times.



Football arrives in England
Researchers concluded that the gioco calcio left Italy and arrived in England around the seventeenth century. In England, won the game different rules and was organized and systematized. The field should measure 120 by 180 meters and would be installed on both ends of two rectangular arches called goal. The ball was leather and filled with air. With clear and objective rules, football began to be practiced by students and children of the English nobility.He gradually become more popular. In 1848, a conference in Cambridge, set up a single code of rules for football. In the year 1871 was created by the goalkeeper (goalie) that would be the one who could get their hands on the ball and should be near the goal to prevent the entry of the ball. In 1875, we established the rule of time of 90 minutes and in 1891 established the penalty spot to punish a foul in the area. Only in 1907 was established the offside rule.

The professionalism in football only started in 1885 and the following year would be set up in England, the International Board, an organization whose main objective was to establish and change the rules of football when needed.
In 1897, an English soccer team called Corinthians made a tour outside Europe, helping to spread the football around the world.
In 1888, the Football League was founded with the goal of organizing tournaments and international championships.

In 1904, was created to FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) which organizes the football today worldwide. It's FIFA, which organizes the major league teams (World Cup) every four years. In 2006 came the World Cup in Germany but as a champion Italy and France as vice.A FIFA also organizes league clubs such as the Copa Libertadores, UEFA Cup, Champions League of Europe, Copa Sul-Americana, among others.

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