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How is Football leading to European Intergration

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What is the most loved sport in the world? If we ask this question to 10 random strangers, 8 out of 10 will say Football or soccer (as it’s known in USA) to be the sport that is endorsed largely all over the world. With approximately 5 billion recorded television viewers of the FIFA tournament, around 2-3 billion TV audience for the Euro event and with 5-6 million registered users  who play fantasy soccer  or  fantasy football , the  sport is undoubtedly at the peak of the sporting pyramid.    The game is 90 minutes of pure beauty with raw adrenaline pumping through the veins of those play as well as those who watch the play. But I am not here to blindly praise the sport without giving valid justifications. I am rather here to mull over a completely different aspect of the game. What attests football to be more than just a sport is  it’s  philanthropic abilities and its political implications.    In the contemporary world, Europe has been going through  an  unifi

8 Football Lingos You Ought To Know

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It doesn’t matter if you watch a live football or play fantasy football , which is basically a side-kick of the real game, here are some football jargons that you might or might not know 1.    Tiki-Taka Tiki-taka in football translates as ‘touch-touch’ football. This involves short passing and movement, maintaining possession and working the ball through the channels.   The key idea behind  tiki-taka  is to ensure that the opponent does not get the ball – and while in possession, to deliver a killer pass from which a goal can be scored. The team looks to keep possession with quick passes and movement, suddenly surprising the opposition with a pass in behind their defence which results in a goal. Football coach Jed C. Davies, author of  Coaching the tiki-taka style of play , believes that these tactics are “among other things, a conceptual revolution based on the idea that the size of any football field is flexible and can be altered by the team playing on it.” 2.

From 1930 to 2018: How FIFA Match Balls Evolved

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What is the basic difference between the FIFA football tournament and tournaments of all the other sports? Glam and prestige of the game is certainly not the sole factor that make FIFA a premier tournament as there are other sports events that are as prestigious as FIFA itself, say for example Olympics is as great as FIFA . Nevertheless the thing that distinguishes the designated football tournament than all other tournaments is the Football itself. The match ball of the tournament is the star and unlike other sports where equipments to be used are not given much attention, FIFA idolizes its match ball. What makes the ball special is its purpose and the vision it encapsulates. The FIFA match ball is more than just a ball, it is the flavour and purpose of the whole game. This is why each year new match balls are introduced to represent the essence of that particular year’s tournament. Since the tournament has been there since as early as 1930 and is still going strong every 4

VAR, Fantasy Soccer and more- FIFA’s Technological Revolution.

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The FIFA 2018 Russia is one of the most unpredictable and distinct version of the tournament with teams like Germany getting thrashed out of the series and Argentina struggling its way to stay in the tournament. This year the tournament got technologically revamped as VAR or the Video Referee is introduced in the tournament for the first time to decide the fate of the teams. However, this is not the only technological edge that this tournament got over other sports like cricket that is known to use Virtual Umpire or the system of Third Umpire which is similar to video referee team. Certain other tech stuffs that are popular this year are listed below.    Video Assistant Referee   The Video Assistance Referee is certainly the first thing that comes to mind when we think about the technological revolution of FIFA. Goals can now be validated by a recorded video to check if the goal is to be given or not. This is absolutely a new phenomenon in FIFA as the tournament never

Strategy for winning Daily Fantasy Soccer.

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Lot of people register on various Daily Fantasy Soccer (DFS)  sites  to    play fantasy soccer   and win real cash. However, as it happens, not all can achieve it. Therefore, here are some  tips for building your DFS  soccer real cash   game line-ups to  ma ximi z e  y our profits.  Like all sports, your strategy  for participating in real money soccer games ought to be completely different from that used for the tournaments.   As we only need to beat 50% of the field in a cash game, we are just looking to put up a high enough score to guarantee us a finish in the top half of the leaderboard.    Of   course ,  it's  easier  said  than done,  however  hopefully with this strategy  you may  end up earning plenty of money  from  daily   fantasy football   cash games .     Goalkeeper     In  real  money   games,  we usually tend to select higher  priced keeper. As  you're  awarded  5   points for a clean sheet and  5  points for a win,  selecting  a keeper  who is likely t