Football Persuasive Essay
'Football also known as football association and most commonly called soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each, and four referees dealing with the rules properly followed. It is widely considered the most popular sport in the world. Over a century of competitive world soccer, it has formed apparent contrasts between Latin American and European soccer styles. There are three major world soccer competitions in the FIFA federation. These three tournaments include Copa Santander Libertadores, UEFA Champions League, and of course The World Cup.
Known as “Copa Santander Libertadores”, is a tournament used to find the best team in North and South America. This tournament is the most prestigious in America and one of …show more content…
the World Cup is held every four years, any FIFA-affiliated asociasion can participate in the competition. The host country, meaning the one that will held the World Cup, is automatically qualified without playing World Cup qualifiers. each continent has its own qualifying process, those who are best placed in their respective groups will be the ones that qualify to the World Cup. The FIFA representatives choose the groups randomly heading with 8 countries as group leaders there are a total of 8 groups with 4 teams in each, a summing up 32 countries that fight for the cup. Each team is guaranteed three games and the two best are the ones that advance to the elimination phase. In the round of elimination if a match ends in a draw (90 minutes), extra time is played and if you are still tied then there would be penalties. Mexico has hosted The World Cup twice, in 1970 and 1986. Unfortunately Mexico never succeed in their 4th game, referring that they always lose in the round of sixteenth which is the second round of elimination. in the most recent world cup held in Brazil, Mexico got a chance to take the victory in the round of sixteenth against the Netherlands, unfortunately they lost due to a non-existent penalty, due to this Mexico suffered the elimination of the World Cup. This nonexistent penalty caused much controversy with this Dutch
Known as “Copa Santander Libertadores”, is a tournament used to find the best team in North and South America. This tournament is the most prestigious in America and one of …show more content…
the World Cup is held every four years, any FIFA-affiliated asociasion can participate in the competition. The host country, meaning the one that will held the World Cup, is automatically qualified without playing World Cup qualifiers. each continent has its own qualifying process, those who are best placed in their respective groups will be the ones that qualify to the World Cup. The FIFA representatives choose the groups randomly heading with 8 countries as group leaders there are a total of 8 groups with 4 teams in each, a summing up 32 countries that fight for the cup. Each team is guaranteed three games and the two best are the ones that advance to the elimination phase. In the round of elimination if a match ends in a draw (90 minutes), extra time is played and if you are still tied then there would be penalties. Mexico has hosted The World Cup twice, in 1970 and 1986. Unfortunately Mexico never succeed in their 4th game, referring that they always lose in the round of sixteenth which is the second round of elimination. in the most recent world cup held in Brazil, Mexico got a chance to take the victory in the round of sixteenth against the Netherlands, unfortunately they lost due to a non-existent penalty, due to this Mexico suffered the elimination of the World Cup. This nonexistent penalty caused much controversy with this Dutch