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Let me introduce you the most visible soccer players in nowadays world: Cristiano Ronaldo Age: 32 Nationality: Portuguese Role: Portuguese professional footballer Soccer No.: 7 Position: Forward Team: Spanish club Real Madrid  & the  Portugal national team . Known as: T he best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time. Awards: Four FIFA Ballon d'Or  awards etc &  first player in history to win four European Golden Shoes . Lionel Messi Age: 30 Nationality: Argentine  Role: Argentine professional footballer Soccer No.: 10 Position: forward Team: Spanish club FC Barcelona  and the  Argentina national team . Known for:  finishing, positioning, quick reactions, and ability to make attacking runs to beat the defensive line. Awards: the only player in history to win five FIFA Ballon d'Or  awards, four of which he won consecutiv...

Get to know the Soccer Positions Soccer (football) are associated with a lot of different positions varied with different roles and skills that each player has, and also the tactics of the match. Each position has their own different task and categorize into four parts: the goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders and forward.  Tasks for each position: Goalkeeper (GK) It basically is the guy with gloves who defend the goal, keeps the opponents from scoring, and he would be the only person who can play the ball with hands. Defenders Defenders are players whose job is to protect and keep the ball away from the goalkeeper, prevent the opponents from passing. They need to be quick at anticipating opponents’ movement. Typically has 4 defenders in a team Midfielders Midfielders connects the offense and the defense . They bring the ball up to the forwards and prevent the ball passing to the defenders, also helps the forwards to score. Forwards The ...

First of all, I know there's a lot of people out there who never play soccer, don't know what's going on and understand nothing about soccer. It's OK, you're totally fine, ‘cause we are now here to inform you and renew the newest soccer news for y'all!! Stay tuned!! First thing first, the basic but also the most important thing about a sport is: RULES! Resourcing from an ebook published by Soccer-for-Parents.com which educate people about soccer, and there are 10 simple soccer rules: No Hands Simplest rule and we all know that even if you don’t know about soccer. But there is an exception for goalies. Equipment According to FIFA Laws of the Game, the basic requirement for soccer are: -           A jersey or shirt -           Shorts -           stockings -           shin...

The Premier League (EPL) Image taken from Wikipedia (2017)  The Premier League was formed on 20 February 1992 and is England's (men's) professional football (soccer) league. The league is made up of 20 clubs (which essentially act as shareholders); these clubs change every year through a system of promotion and relegation (top/bottom 3) with the English Football League (2nd div). The fixtures for the season see each club play 38 matches, where they play each club twice (once at home and once away). Teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. Furthermore, teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned the champion of the league. A total of 49 cubs have competed in the Premier League since its formation in 1992, however, only six clubs have won the title: Manchester United (13), Chelsea (5), Arsenal (3), Manchester City (2), Blackburn Rovers (1) and Leicester City (1). The current (2016/17...

Manchester City are well and truly the team to beat in the competition, and this match takes them into 1 st place on the English Premier League ladder having scored a whopping 16 goals without reply in the last 3 games. Their incredible finishing ability during the match was evident, yet again, despite leading goalscorer Sergio Aguero only netting once. Raheem Sterling scored twice, and a goal and two assists from young talent Leroy Sane secured the victory. Crystal Palace are now 6 games without a goal in the Premier Leauge, a new record that their supporters are not pleased with.  Ryan Jones References: http://the18.com/sites/default/files/u100010536/20171004-The18-Image-Leroy-Sane.jpg [1]

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