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ISYS 100 Soccer Our personal favourites This is our video in which we introduce you to our personal favourite goals of all time. John talked about the 2014 World Cup Final, where Mario Gotze scored a wonderful volley in the 113th minute to give Germany the title. Lianna talked about Sergio Ramos' header against Athletico Madrid in stoppage time to lead them to the Champions League title. Nick talked about John Aloisi's goal against Uruguay to confirm their place in the Fifa World Cup 2006. Farshad described Iran's goal where the Iranian player took a wonderful turn and finished past the keeper. Ryan talked about Tiote's volley from outside of the box against Arsenal in the 88th minute. Hope you all enjoy watching!!

FIFA will hold its yearly The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony on Monday, October 23 in London. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar are one of these best soccer players who are candidates for this years football award. The ceremony is located at London Palladium theatre center. Soon in the ceremony identifies the best of men's and women's soccer players. According to news and other analysis, Cristiano Ronaldo seems set to strongly maintain his crown in the Men's Player of the Year category except the Women's territory could be more accessible for other woman players, with last year's winner Carli Lloyd.                                                                                                           ...

Indonesian Football fans are mourning the loss of Choirul Huda, the goalkeeper, and captain of Lamongan FC, usually known as Persela, following a collision with a teammate during a weekend competition. Video footage showed Huda crashing into teammate Ramon Rodrigues in the 43rd minute of a game in the Go-Jek Traveloka league. It seemed Rodrigues' knee had accidentally hit with Huda's chest in the event, said the club's communications officer. The 38-year-old was taken to hospital in exhaustive attention and given breathing aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, however, his condition worsened and he was pronounced dead at 4.45 pm. Video taken from YouTube (2017) Rest in peace Choirul Huda 1979-2017 Farshad Ghodsi 15/10/2017 References: 1. BBC 2017. Indonesian goalkeeper dies after collision with team-mate 2017. Available at: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41630244/. (Accessed 16 October 2017).

We are now 8 games deep into the tournament and I would like to take a moment to predict the table come the end of the season. 1. Manchester City 2. Manchester United 3. Chelsea 4. Tottenham 5. Liverpool 6. Arsenal 7. Everton 8. Southampton 9. Watford 10. Burnley 11. West Ham 12. West Brom 13. Newcastle United 14. Stoke City 15. Brighton 16. Leicester City 17. Huddersfield 18. Swansea City 19. Bournemouth 20. Crystal Palace Manchester City are proving to be far stronger in comparison to every other team, however I believe it'll be a tight title race between the Citizens and Manchester United. I believe that both Liverpool and Arsenal will miss out on the top 4 as Liverpools' defensive woes will continue to be an issue throughout the season, and Arsenals' big money players look unhappy, while they continue to underperform. Watford and Burnley could be the surprise packages this season, especially if they play the attractive football that they have been...

Dortmund has taken its first loss in this season of the Bundesliga. Defeated in the previous 7 games, the lost 3-2 against RB Leizpig, last year runner up that is heavily sponsored by an energy drink company with the same initials. In a spectacular game in front of their home crowd, they not only lost the first time in this season, but also their winning streak at home that lasted for 41 consecutive games. As Dortmund fans have protested against the RB Leipzig policy of receiving huge pay offs from their sponsor, this defeat is an evern bitterer pill to swallow. John Harms 16/10/2017

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, commonly known as Neymar or Neymar Jr., is a Brazilian footballer who transfers to Paris Saint Germain has broken all kinds of financial histories in soccer as PSG acquired him from FC Barcelona for a record ($A333 million). It's much higher than what Manchester United’s spent for Paul Pogba ($A150 million) back in 2016. Here is a list of top 10 most expensive football transfers of all time until today in Australian dollar. Image taken from goal.com (2017) Neymar From Barcelona To PSG Year 2017 $A333 million  Kylian Mbappe From Monaco To PSG Year 2017 $A270 million Ousmane Dembele From Dortmund To Borussia Dortmund Year 2017 $A224 million Paul Pogba From Juventus To Manchester United Year 2016 $A157 million Gareth Bale From Tottenham To Real Madrid Year 2013 $A150 million Cristiano Ronaldo From Manchester United To Real Madrid Year 2009 $A140 million Gonzalo Higuain From Napoli To Juventus Year 2016 $A134 million Neymar From San...

The Australian national team is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).Australia is the only national team to have been a winner of two confederations, holding the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) four times between 1980 and 2004, as well as the AFC Asian Cup at the 2015 competitions.  Image taken from Wikipedia (2017)  Now there is a question why Australia is now a member of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) rather than (OFC) and how is that possible? Countries can cross between continental confederations if they obtain the approval from the confederation they are contemplating to join and the Fifa Executive commission. The Oceania members were struggling for many years because Australia was too powerful in (OFC) and blocked the way of the other 11 nations. meanwhile for Australia is also beneficial to join AFC for these 3 simple reasons: 1. Better chance of qualification because the winner of (OFC) has only 'half a place' in ...

The Bundesliga Image taken from Wikipedia (2017) The Bundesliga was founded 54 years ago in 1963 and is Germany's professional association football league. Similar to the EPL and La Liga. The Bundesliga comprises of 18 teams that operate on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2nd div, called 2 Bundesliga. A total of 52 clubs have competed in the Bundesliga since its foundation. Similarly, teams are awarded 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of the Season is the champion. FC Bayern Munich have won the Bundesliga 26 times (out of 52 seasons) and are the team to beat. FC Bayern Munich are also the 2016/17 champions. Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Monchengladbach have won 5 times each and Werder Breman has won 3 times. The Bundesliga has the highest average stadium attendance in the world with a total of around 45,000 fans per game (on average). The only other sports league that does better is ...

Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Chelsea. The biggest upset of the season by a long shot has happened overnight, as Crystal Palace (who haven't managed a goal this season) defeated last years' champions. Chelsea looked far from their best as Wilfred Zaha returned from injury for Palace and played a vital role in their win. Crystal Palace surprisingly dominated in large patches of the game, and created 2 massive chances to score. Chelsea defender Cezar Aspilicueta, who has been one of the defenders of the season thus far, chested the ball over his own line early on. Only 7 minutes later, Bakayoko headed home a corner delivered by Cesc Fabregas, and there was a feeling that this would be a turning point and Chelsea would ultimately go on to win the match. However the deciding goal came in the 45th minute, when Sakho played through Zaha who was one on one with Courtois, and made no mistake dispatching his first Premier League goal of the season, and the first goal from a Palace player. ...

© Peter Dejong/AP/dpa Nobody can believe it, yet it has happened. The Netherlands haven't qualified for the World Championship 2018 in Russia. Although Robben scored in a 2:0 win against Sweden, the Netherlands performance wasn't enough to qualifiy. They would have needed a goal difference of 7 points to qualify. Starplayer Arjen Robben announced his retirement from the dutch national team in order to fully concentrate on his career at Bayern Munich. It was quite clear that he would take these steps considering his ages and the possibility of playing another big international cup would be the EM2020. Robben would be 36 by then, which even for him is probably to old. 14/11/2017 John Harms

Continue with the Introduction of Rule... Fouls and Punishment The common rule of thumb on fouls is “If it looks like a foul, it probably is.”. Some soccer rules are actually not black-and-white. The normal consequence of a foul is a direct kick for the opposing team. Punishment is given in soccer with yellow and red cards. The FIFA soccer rules give the guidelines for when to give a yellow card and red card to a player. If a player is given two yellow cards in the same game, that is equal to a red card. A red card can be given at any time without the player first receiving a yellow card. When a player gets a red card, they must leave the game and their team must play short. Offside The first thing to know is that you cannot be offside on a corner kick, goal kick, or throw-in. It’s not an offense for a player to be in an offside position. The player must be involved in active play as determined by the referee to be called offside. -    ...

Continue with the Introduction of Rule... Direct & indirect Free Kicks Direct and indirect kicks are two primary ways that play is restarted after the referee stops play for an infraction. In both situations, the ball must be stationary before it is kicked and the opposing players should be a minimum of 10 yards away. The 10-yard allowance is often reduced for the smaller age groups and is left up to the discretion of the referee. The simple difference between the two is this: On a direct kick you can score by kicking the ball directly into the goal. On an indirect kick you cannot score - An indirect kick must be touched by another player before it can go into the goal – that is the kicker and a second person. Penalty Kick It occurred from a contact foul or hand ball by the defending team within the penalty area. it’s a type of direct kick also. All players must remain outside the penalty area and the penalty arc until the ball is kicked. The goalkeeper mu...

Australia hosted Syria in a knockout world cup qualifier last night, and Timmy Cahill proved the difference yet again, rescuing a declining Australia team from an embarrassing upset at the Allianz stadium. The tie was all locked up after 90 minutes, forcing the game into extra time. The turning point in extra time came when Mahmoud Almawas was sent off by the referee. Tim Cahilll proved to be the difference in the two teams scoring his second goal deep into the second half of extra time, giving Australia a 2-1 win and still a chance of making the 2018 World Cup. Ryan Jones References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1RBxsgNins [1]

Continue with the Introduction of Rule... Start and Restart A kick-off is the way a soccer game is started or restarted: -            at the start of a game -            after a goal has been scored -            at the start of the second half (or each quarter in younger ages) -            at the start of each period of extra time, if used Throw-ins A throw-in is taken when the ball crosses a sideline and leaves the field. The two basic soccer rules for a proper throw-in are to have both feet on the ground and to throw the ball with both hands over the head. Corner Kicks & Goal Kicks A corner kick or goal kick is taken when the ball leaves the field across a goal line – you know, either end of the field with a goal. If the offensive team kicks it out, p...

The german team finished their world championship with a collossal 5:1  win over Aserbaidschan. As we have posted before, the team already qualified by beating Northern Ireland in the last game. Two of the 5 goals were scored by Leon Goretzka, a 22-year old youngster ploaying for Schalke in the Bundesliga, in the 8th and 66th minute. Sandro Wagner is making his mark as a consistent scorer with yet another goal in the 54th minute. Antonio Ruediger and Emre Can put the finishing touches on the almost flawless 5:1 victory. However, the first half of the game was far from perfect, as Sandro Wagner resumes. In his opinion, the team seemed unconcentrated and uncoordinated, however in the second half they came back strong a scored a couple of nice goals. Team Coach Jogi Loew views his teams performance similarily. A first half that was unstructured and had many unprecise passes, wrong runs and unfortunate positional play. They turned it around in the second half and did a great effort....

With a 3:1 the team around national coach Jogi Loew beat Northern Ireland and qualified for the world championship before their last game. In front of around 18.000 viewers, Germany defended its first palce in Group C of the World Championship qualifications for the World Championship 2018 taking place in Russia. The team captain was Thomas Mueller, on of five stars from Bayern Munich. The goals where scored by Sebastian Rudy in minute 2, Sandro Wagner in minute 21 and Joshua Kimmich in minute 86. Josh Magennis scored the decency goal in the 94th minute. In total, the "Mannschaft", as the german team is commonly called in Germany, has scored a flawless 27 points out of 9 games, making it a high favourite for defending the world championships in 2018England also qualified with a lucky overtime goal by Harry Kane in group F. Published by John Harms

FIFA World Cup   Credit: Bruno Kelly/Reuters The FIFA World Cup is an international football competition involving senior men's national teams. It is governed by FIFA (Federation International Football Association). The World Cup has occurred every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II, with the next work cup next year in 2018 at Russia- qualifying games for the World Cup are currently happening across the globe. After the qualifying phases, 32 teams will remain where they will compete in a tournament phases (pools and finals) over the period of approximately 1 month. The defending champions are Germany. There has been a total of 20 World Cups since 1930. Brazil have won five times and are the only team that have played in every tournament. Germany and Italy both have won four times, Argentina and Uruguay have won twice and England, France and Spain have won once. The World Cup is the centre of attention for the en...

The Primera Division (La Liga) Image taken from Wikipedia (2017)  The La Liga was formed in April 1927 and is Spain's (men's) professional football (soccer) league. Similar to the EPL, the La Liga is made up of 20 clubs; these clubs change every year through a system of promotion and relegation with the Segunda Division (2nd div). This is slightly different to the EPL; [in the La Liga] the bottom 3 teams are replaced by the two top teams [of Segunda div] and the winner of a play-off between the third, fourth, fifth and six placed teams [of Segunda div]. Like the EPL, 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 60 clubs have competed in La Liga since its formation in 1927...