Soccer could be a
fast–paced, competition with men, women, and kids. Its skilled leagues have
gained innumerable fans round the world. It's thought of as a serious sport
that's well-known and is widely competed in the major regions of the globe. I had
done interviews with my father about the soccer in his time and what
things that still don't change and what things that are changing. In the past
the life was different than life now, before the people was traveled from place
to another searched for food and for a good life. They were working in the sea;
so they haven't had any enough time to join their sports.
This generation should be known
about last generation and my grandfather's life was different from my father's
life and they had games related to them. Before in the gulf they bring the ball
from limited places; from Al Bahrain, Qatar and some time from Dubai. They were
playing football on the beach.
25 years ago, there were limited sport channels; Dubai sport, Abu Dhabi sport channel,
Qatar and art channel, and they only showed important matches, and they saw the matches
free on TV but nowadays you have to pay money to see a match. Before when you
want to see a match in the stadium you don’t have to pay money to enter the
stadium, but nowadays they pay money to get tickets to watch the match.
Moreover, the fans were more than nowadays (in the Gulf).
My father
was a player in Al Ain team and he said “when we were young the team give for
each player apparel and shoe and 200 DHS every month” but nowadays everything
is changing and the football has become a business; they play to get money and
the bonuses are more than an engineer employee in ADNOC Company.
Before referee was wearing black
clothes, but nowadays the referee wears different colors. In the past the
player can give the goalkeeper the ball with his head or leg or chest, but now
the player can’t pass the ball back to the goalkeeper; they can only head it to
him. The fans are different; before when they went to the stadium they felt enthusiasm
and there was Intolerance, but nowadays the police organize the fans who enter
the stadium and they post, the regulation
and they determine the things that you can carry to stadiums to reduce the
problems between fans.
Each team consists of eleven team
members, excluding substitutes. There are 3 types of footballers: striker, midfield
and defenders, as well as the goalkeeper.
A football game is officiated by a
referee, who has the total authority to enforce the Law of the sport. The
referee is aided by 2 assistant referees and a fourth official who assists the
referee and may replace if it’s required. The only things is change is the
clothes of the referee and the offside law, before they do not have offside but
new FIFA rule includes the offside.
Before they didn’t have a club to
join to spend their time, and the life was difficult. But nowadays our government,
they encourage the youth to join to the club and to participate in the different
of sports competitions. In the past the government, they haven't had
possibility to build clubs and stadiums. On the other hand, nowadays the media
support and encouraging people and help them to enjoy their time. The soccer in
the past was not very famous in the gulf because there are had less technology
so they can’t see the match. But nowadays everything is easy and you can see
the soccer match in your iPads. There are a very big difference between life in
these days and life before 30 years ago.
To sum up, the football
(soccer) is quite different from 30 years ago and in this report I introduce my
father's words. My father thought the soccer 30 years ago was more interesting
than nowadays, and the way of play was different to today. In this report I
introduce the main points of soccer and the differences between soccer now and
before.
Voice link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0-VnNIpdvBoTXpOZ1dIY0dzMWs
