Football was officially invented by English people in the 19th Century, but actually its is played all over the globe. In fact, FIFA (International Fedaration of Associated Football by their French meaning) has more members than the United Nations distributed in 6 Confederations: UEFA, CONMEBOL, CAF, AFC, CONCACAF and OFA.
Football can unite or divide neighborhoods, cities, and even countries. Some of the strongest rivalries are among same region teams. For example River Plate vs Boca Jrs in Argentina. .
There are football rivalries that imply religious, political or ethnic differences, which give the game an extra passion dosis. So, every single match has much more meaning than a simple sport. "Classics or Derbies" such as Rangers vs Celtic (Catholics vs Protestants), Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona (capital vs province), Chivas vs America, are expected games in each country with millions of fans that fullfill stadiums and pay millions in team jerseys, scarfs, and tickets in order to support a modern and "pacific" war.
But football can also achieve unity and identity in the countries, the best prove of that is the World Cup and the Confedaration's Cups, where nations forget their internal differences to get a common objective: the championship.
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Football and education
Football (soccer) as Americans say is one of the most popular sports worldwide.
It has many ancestors, such as "Calcio" in Italy or "Juego de pelota" in Mexico. But English were the ones who first created the game as it is known until our days.
Football is not only a sport, it includes many principles of different areas of science, like Physics, Geometry, Biology, Chemestry, etc. It also involves a variety of art expressions, such as Scuplture, Painting, Music and Filming industry.
Football provides indeed many values: team work, solidarity, effort, dignity, pride, and much more which can be closely related to attitudes promoted in schools since centuries ago.
Many people, but mostly the young ones might have considered football as "the easy way" to get a successful life, however football's culture is much bigger and harder than it looks.
School must find a closer relationship with football so it can become a useful tool in the search of meaningful learning, specially for students which cultural background is mainly football.
It has many ancestors, such as "Calcio" in Italy or "Juego de pelota" in Mexico. But English were the ones who first created the game as it is known until our days.
Football is not only a sport, it includes many principles of different areas of science, like Physics, Geometry, Biology, Chemestry, etc. It also involves a variety of art expressions, such as Scuplture, Painting, Music and Filming industry.
Football provides indeed many values: team work, solidarity, effort, dignity, pride, and much more which can be closely related to attitudes promoted in schools since centuries ago.
Many people, but mostly the young ones might have considered football as "the easy way" to get a successful life, however football's culture is much bigger and harder than it looks.
School must find a closer relationship with football so it can become a useful tool in the search of meaningful learning, specially for students which cultural background is mainly football.
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