Futbol

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FOOTBALLMARCOS LUQUE 2º B-C

INDEX

• Introduction• Main competitions Champions League FIFA World Cup FIFA Club World Cup

• Most popular players• Most famous sights in history.• Best teams• Summary• Test

Introduction• Football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of

eleven players with a spherical ball. It is the world's most popular sport

• It is played in a rectangular field of grass approximately of 100x64 m.

Introduction• Football is the most popular sport in the world, with more of

than 270 millions supporters.• The team that has scored more goals at the end of the

game is the winner; if both teams have scored an equal number of goals then the game is a draw.

• The main positions are: goalkepper, defenders, midfielders and strikers

Main CompetitionsChampions League

• It is celebrated in Europe, and only participated in it the best teams in each league of Europe.

• 77 teams of all the continent participate on it, but only 32 participate in the final group.

• The most succeessful team is Real Madrid, which has won 9 Champions League.

Main Competitions• FIFA World Cup• It it the most prestigious competition in the world• 32 national teams of the 6 continents participate on it.• Brazil is the most successful team, with 5 championships.• The current champions is Spain

Main Competitions• FIFA Club World Cup• 8 clubs participate on it• The participants are the champions of each continent• The winner is considerered the world champion of clubs• The current winner is F.C. Barcelona

Most Popular Players• Alfredo di Stefano• He was born in 1926 in Argentina• Considered the best footballer who has played for Real

Madrid.

Most Popular Players• Pelé• He was a Brazilian player, who has won 2 World Cups with

her nation• He is considered the best player in the history by a lot of

people, sharing this honor with Maradona• He was the best scorer of the World Cups until 2006 with 12

goals.

Most popular players• Diego Armando Maradona• He is considered the best footballer in the history.• He has won 1 World Cup, in Mexico 96, and he was chosen

the best player in the Championship.• Her private life leave him to have a lot of problemas with

the drugs and the population, although he is loved like a God in Argentina

Most popular players• Zidane• He born in Argelian, but his nationality is French.• He played for Real Madrid and Juventus• In his honors we can see 1 World Cup, 1 Champions League

between others• His last match was the final of a World Cup, where he was

punished for attack to another footballer, Marco Materazzi.• Now, he cooperate with organizations whose aim is to help

poors countries

Most popular players• Cristiano Ronaldo• He is the most expensive player in the world, Real Madrid

paid 96 millions € for him• He is the most paid footballer in the world with revenues of

30 millions € per year.• Her appearance makes him a sex symbol around the girls

of the world. In consequence, he participate in a lot of advertisement of a lot brands

Most popular Players• Lionel Messi• He is an Argentinian footballer who played for F.C

Barcelona• Nowadays, he is considered the best player in the world• Her style leads us to compare him with Diego Armando

Maradona. The way to play football and their appearance are too similar.

Best Teams

• In Spain- Real Madrid: is the best team in the history of football- FC Barcelona: is the best team in this millennium. It is the only team which has won 6 titles in a year

Best teams

• In the rest of Europe:

Best Teams

In the rest of the world:

Summary

• We have seen:• An introduction to this sport• The main competitions- Champions League- FIFA World Cup- FIFA Club World Cup• Some of the best players: Di Stefano, Pelé, Maradona,

Zidane, CR7, Messi• Some of the best teams in the Europe and the rest of the

world

Test• What is the most prestigious competition in the World?a) FIFA World Cupb) FIFA Club World Cupc) Champions League

• Who is the best player currently?a) Messib) Cristiano Ronaldoc) Zidane

• How many World Cups has Maradona won?a) 2b) 1c) 0