Sports

Football, also referred to as field football, eleven-a-side football and, originally, association football, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each and a referee who responsible for the correct application of standards. It is considered the most popular sport in the world, as around 270 million people participate in its various competitions. It is played on a rectangular grass field, with a goal on each side of the field. The objective of the game is to move a ball across the field to place it inside the opponent's goal, an action known as goal (European Portuguese) or goal (Brazilian Portuguese). The team that scores the most goals at the end of the match is the winner.