Since I'm always happy when someone tries to find out more about football, I'll try to answer a few questions. There is actually no answer as to who the best player is. We all admire our Messis and Ronaldos, but they are both strikers and scorers. Of course, they are more in the spotlight than ruthless defenders, technically brilliant midfielders, or fast-reacting goalkeepers. You also have to understand that every player, no matter how good, is nothing without his team. Then: a ball is only out of play when it fully crosses a line. The “average lifespan” also varies greatly. I started when I was 6 and stopped when I was 38. Well - I never played in the top leagues, but mostly in the third division, even in the second division for three years. So semi-professional. Your question about “handball” is at the discretion of the referee. There are guidelines, but in the end the referee decides. Regarding the goalie (probably the most difficult position): if he comes out wide from the goal, then to reduce the angle of the shot and to participate actively in that certain situation.
Thank you for all that info. It is a lot to take in but it is also really fun getting to know a new sport to me and discovering a new possible passion. I am having way more fun than I thought I would when I started because of preconceived notions.
No Idea today, but in his times Zinedine "Zizou" Zidane, it was always Fun to watch him Play. If the Team had no Idea what to do, they gave him the Ball and he just did his thing. Worked his whole Carrer.
Players usually start playing pro regularly around 18-22, and begin considering retirement as early as age 33, though many make it to the late 30’s, 40’s is considered incredible.
The circumference of the ball has to completely cross the line for it to be considered out of bounds. Same goes for scoring a goal. Has to completely cross the line otherwise it’s not a goal.
The goalkeeper leaves the goal, so he can either try to reach it, before the attacking player and clear it. Or, when the attacking player with the ball, is essentially in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper leaves the goal in order for the attacking player to have less of an angle to score. They will also do this, if a defender is next to the attacking player. The closer the goalkeeper is from the attacking player with the ball, the smaller the angle that player has to score.
@@REZZIKFC Yeah, but think of it this way, if it's a 1v1 situation and the goalkeeper stands in goal, he basically covers like 10 percent of the goal, but if he comes out, the closer he gets the smaller the angle to score becomes, but that obviously also has it's risks, because if they're far away enough from the goal, the attacker can ''chip'' the ball over the goalkeeper to score. Messi is particularly good at these type of chips
I'm late to the party but the reason for the goalkeepers positioning in modern football is because most teams like to press up high into the oppositions half. The way to play through that press for opposing team is usually by searching for the space in behind their defenders and going direct. The goalkeeper is there, outside his box on most occasions when his team are high up the field to close that space and limit the risk of employing that system. Also as the original commenter is right in that during 1v1 situations with a striker, the goalkeeper is likely to step off his line a few meters and close the angle, in other situations the goalkeeper might think that he can get there before the striker and sometimes they're just positionally off due to a lazy turn over or someone losing the ball in a silly place and they're almost commited to closing the ball, putting pressure on the striker and closing the angle. Looks silly when it doesn't come off ofcourse and they get beat but in general it tends to work out, leaving a professional in the box under no pressure and the goalkeeper stuck on his line, youd put your house on him scoring every time so that's the full explanation I suppose
yes you can see the play very easily watching live, there are sometimes screens too, especially in the modern new stadiums, its usually not a problem viewing live at all though and unlike some other sports everyone watching is engaged in the play, like theyre not on their phones or chatting theyre watching the game intently, people will clap for good passes, clap or jeer or laugh at quality plays or tricks or skills, boo players they dont like etc. When things are tense the entire stadiums can go quiet and then erupt all at once etc. Keeper generally not goalie btw, goal keeper, or keeper is what most people say.
Spain’s rising talent (plays for Barcelona) is Lamine yamal - he is playing for the pro team since the age of 15 years and 9 months! He was also a part of the Spanish national team to win the Euros this year. Players can reach the age of 40 if healthy and in good shape
General rule (by no means, however, a universal one): The players with the best individual skill tend to be South American - especially Brazilians and Argentinians. There are kids in Sao Paulo favelas who have better technical skill at age 8 than American college players, and will never play a minute of professional football. Other nations with fantastic technical skill pools include France, Spain, and Portugal. There is a saying: European children are born with a love of football. South American children are born with a love of THE football. Different countries have different styles. The Spanish play with a lot of short, quick passing and high possession. The Dutch play a direct style with a lot of position switching, overlapping, and multidirectional attacking. The Italians are historically defensive-minded, with backlines like bear traps, excellent goalkeeping, and tenacious, scrappy forwards. The English and Scottish are very physical. The Germans are direct, disciplined, and tactically sound. The Japanese have a lot of speed and very good technical skill, but tend to have weak managers and coaching. These are sweeping generalizations, and by no means guarantees. Especially in today's game, with players and managers/coaches transferring from club to club and country to country.... There's a lot of blending of styles, and historical norms don't always hold. Traditionally, Italian football was known for being the ugliest great football on the planet - very few goals, and even those were scored by dogged determination rather than tactical flair. But today, some Italian clubs are playing beautiful, sweeping football. For my part, I've always been partial to the Dutch style, AKA "Total Football".
5:21 it’s from age 17 to age 37 … some players play until they are 41 42 but that’s pretty much the limit. At 35 you are considered old. At 16 - 22 you are considered young. And your prime is definitely 25 - 31
Football isnt as taxing on the body as you’d think Goalkeepers can play until 38-40 years old no matter the competition level Everyone else (while healthy) can go to 35 easily. A lot of players kept going even beyond that until 38 or so. Some positions (like midfielders and defenders) allow for it. Technique and IQ can get you a LONG way. But the thing is, they just cannot keep up with the youngsters in terms of speed or reflexes anymore, so most retire in their mid-late 30s. This applies for the top of the world which is europe and to a lesser extend south america. Regarding the rest of the world… A lot of players go to a weak league like middle east, usa, or east asia and keep playing there for a few years until their early 40s. Even past their prime they are top tiers there.
The sport is really growing even more in USA. Has the potential to be 3rd overall by 2030. But i don't think MLS will surpass MLB in America, and for sure will not be at the same level as Premier League !
@@REZZIKFC A lot of all types of americans are watching. I'm not north american, and i love soccer, so what i really want to see is a Michael Jordan or Lebron James level american player in soccer. He would be much different than Messi, Ronaldo or Pelé. I think in 5 to 10 years you will have one!
In my opinion, that's not entirely true. Just think of Spain - Germany. After reviewing Cucurella's hands, there was (rightly in my opinion; no matter what FIFA said afterwards) no penalty because the player turns away from the shot and the hand makes a clear movement towards the body to avoid the hands. I think that was a referee decision exactly according to FIFA rules. If you gave a penalty for absolutely every contact with your hand, the game would be very simple (and boring): now at least 4 wingers are lined up ---> 3 meters in front of the baseline there is a sharp cross from half high ---> some defender will already touch the ball with his hand ---> Penalty ---> Goal.... Repeat. Final score 13:11, or something like that.
1:20 - most national teleivisions who owned this sport until like 2018 had shit camera if it wasn't English Premier League! So if the producer zoomed in it was good, but in the wide shot it was like 240
Pele and Maradona r the OG goats Messi is the best ever and Ronaldo is also up there. If u want to watch a player that will make u fall in love with the game I suggest Ronaldinho, he was so skillfull
1:37 no way you guys are telling him that Pedri is one of the best players today 😂. Y’all are brain washing this man. He’s good but the best…. Nah. At least not this season or the previous season 😂
@@20SilverTeeth It is true that he has not even come close to touching those levels, but this season he is one of the best in the world as a midfielder.
Beckham wasn’t that good compared to to other players. I don’t think he’s even in the top 50 players of all time… he was more of a celebrity… famous because of pop culture. He was good don’t get me wrong but comparing him to Messi and Ronaldo… not even close .
Since I'm always happy when someone tries to find out more about football, I'll try to answer a few questions. There is actually no answer as to who the best player is. We all admire our Messis and Ronaldos, but they are both strikers and scorers. Of course, they are more in the spotlight than ruthless defenders, technically brilliant midfielders, or fast-reacting goalkeepers. You also have to understand that every player, no matter how good, is nothing without his team. Then: a ball is only out of play when it fully crosses a line. The “average lifespan” also varies greatly. I started when I was 6 and stopped when I was 38. Well - I never played in the top leagues, but mostly in the third division, even in the second division for three years. So semi-professional. Your question about “handball” is at the discretion of the referee. There are guidelines, but in the end the referee decides. Regarding the goalie (probably the most difficult position): if he comes out wide from the goal, then to reduce the angle of the shot and to participate actively in that certain situation.
Thank you for all that info. It is a lot to take in but it is also really fun getting to know a new sport to me and discovering a new possible passion. I am having way more fun than I thought I would when I started because of preconceived notions.
@@REZZIKFC Keep your good work up!
No Idea today, but in his times Zinedine "Zizou" Zidane, it was always Fun to watch him Play.
If the Team had no Idea what to do, they gave him the Ball and he just did his thing.
Worked his whole Carrer.
The role of the goal keeper is to actively be part of the team, they don't just stand on the line but have a zone to control.
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Players usually start playing pro regularly around 18-22, and begin considering retirement as early as age 33, though many make it to the late 30’s, 40’s is considered incredible.
The whole ball has to be completely out of bounds to be considered 'out of bounds'...same goes for the goal line too.
Hope this helps 😊
ok so the opposite from the NFL. Good to know. Thank you.
The ball need to be all out of the linebis only toch is in game
The circumference of the ball has to completely cross the line for it to be considered out of bounds. Same goes for scoring a goal. Has to completely cross the line otherwise it’s not a goal.
The goalkeeper leaves the goal, so he can either try to reach it, before the attacking player and clear it. Or, when the attacking player with the ball, is essentially in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper leaves the goal in order for the attacking player to have less of an angle to score. They will also do this, if a defender is next to the attacking player. The closer the goalkeeper is from the attacking player with the ball, the smaller the angle that player has to score.
ok thanks. Makes sense but I guess I look at it like it give them more of a space to score but I am just learning the nuance of the game.
@@REZZIKFC Yeah, but think of it this way, if it's a 1v1 situation and the goalkeeper stands in goal, he basically covers like 10 percent of the goal, but if he comes out, the closer he gets the smaller the angle to score becomes, but that obviously also has it's risks, because if they're far away enough from the goal, the attacker can ''chip'' the ball over the goalkeeper to score. Messi is particularly good at these type of chips
I'm late to the party but the reason for the goalkeepers positioning in modern football is because most teams like to press up high into the oppositions half. The way to play through that press for opposing team is usually by searching for the space in behind their defenders and going direct. The goalkeeper is there, outside his box on most occasions when his team are high up the field to close that space and limit the risk of employing that system.
Also as the original commenter is right in that during 1v1 situations with a striker, the goalkeeper is likely to step off his line a few meters and close the angle, in other situations the goalkeeper might think that he can get there before the striker and sometimes they're just positionally off due to a lazy turn over or someone losing the ball in a silly place and they're almost commited to closing the ball, putting pressure on the striker and closing the angle.
Looks silly when it doesn't come off ofcourse and they get beat but in general it tends to work out, leaving a professional in the box under no pressure and the goalkeeper stuck on his line, youd put your house on him scoring every time so that's the full explanation I suppose
yes you can see the play very easily watching live, there are sometimes screens too, especially in the modern new stadiums, its usually not a problem viewing live at all though and unlike some other sports everyone watching is engaged in the play, like theyre not on their phones or chatting theyre watching the game intently, people will clap for good passes, clap or jeer or laugh at quality plays or tricks or skills, boo players they dont like etc. When things are tense the entire stadiums can go quiet and then erupt all at once etc. Keeper generally not goalie btw, goal keeper, or keeper is what most people say.
Spain’s rising talent (plays for Barcelona) is Lamine yamal - he is playing for the pro team since the age of 15 years and 9 months!
He was also a part of the Spanish national team to win the Euros this year.
Players can reach the age of 40 if healthy and in good shape
Thanks for that info. That seams like a long time to play. I have A LOT to learn still but it will be fun!
General rule (by no means, however, a universal one):
The players with the best individual skill tend to be South American - especially Brazilians and Argentinians. There are kids in Sao Paulo favelas who have better technical skill at age 8 than American college players, and will never play a minute of professional football.
Other nations with fantastic technical skill pools include France, Spain, and Portugal.
There is a saying: European children are born with a love of football. South American children are born with a love of THE football.
Different countries have different styles.
The Spanish play with a lot of short, quick passing and high possession.
The Dutch play a direct style with a lot of position switching, overlapping, and multidirectional attacking.
The Italians are historically defensive-minded, with backlines like bear traps, excellent goalkeeping, and tenacious, scrappy forwards.
The English and Scottish are very physical.
The Germans are direct, disciplined, and tactically sound.
The Japanese have a lot of speed and very good technical skill, but tend to have weak managers and coaching.
These are sweeping generalizations, and by no means guarantees. Especially in today's game, with players and managers/coaches transferring from club to club and country to country....
There's a lot of blending of styles, and historical norms don't always hold. Traditionally, Italian football was known for being the ugliest great football on the planet - very few goals, and even those were scored by dogged determination rather than tactical flair. But today, some Italian clubs are playing beautiful, sweeping football.
For my part, I've always been partial to the Dutch style, AKA "Total Football".
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5:21 it’s from age 17 to age 37 … some players play until they are 41 42 but that’s pretty much the limit. At 35 you are considered old. At 16 - 22 you are considered young. And your prime is definitely 25 - 31
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Football isnt as taxing on the body as you’d think
Goalkeepers can play until 38-40 years old no matter the competition level
Everyone else (while healthy) can go to 35 easily. A lot of players kept going even beyond that until 38 or so. Some positions (like midfielders and defenders) allow for it. Technique and IQ can get you a LONG way.
But the thing is, they just cannot keep up with the youngsters in terms of speed or reflexes anymore, so most retire in their mid-late 30s. This applies for the top of the world which is europe and to a lesser extend south america. Regarding the rest of the world…
A lot of players go to a weak league like middle east, usa, or east asia and keep playing there for a few years until their early 40s. Even past their prime they are top tiers there.
7:42 if it hits his hand and he gains an advantage then the referee has to make a call.
Thanks for that clarification
The sport is really growing even more in USA. Has the potential to be 3rd overall by 2030. But i don't think MLS will surpass MLB in America, and for sure will not be at the same level as Premier League !
It has got my attention and will be watching now. I hope it does grow more in the US.
@@REZZIKFC A lot of all types of americans are watching. I'm not north american, and i love soccer, so what i really want to see is a Michael Jordan or Lebron James level american player in soccer. He would be much different than Messi, Ronaldo or Pelé. I think in 5 to 10 years you will have one!
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intentionel or not - if someones hand touches the ball it´s a foul (exclude referee and goalkeeper).
In my opinion, that's not entirely true. Just think of Spain - Germany. After reviewing Cucurella's hands, there was (rightly in my opinion; no matter what FIFA said afterwards) no penalty because the player turns away from the shot and the hand makes a clear movement towards the body to avoid the hands. I think that was a referee decision exactly according to FIFA rules. If you gave a penalty for absolutely every contact with your hand, the game would be very simple (and boring): now at least 4 wingers are lined up ---> 3 meters in front of the baseline there is a sharp cross from half high ---> some defender will already touch the ball with his hand ---> Penalty ---> Goal.... Repeat. Final score 13:11, or something like that.
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1:20 - most national teleivisions who owned this sport until like 2018 had shit camera if it wasn't English Premier League!
So if the producer zoomed in it was good, but in the wide shot it was like 240
Pele and Maradona r the OG goats Messi is the best ever and Ronaldo is also up there. If u want to watch a player that will make u fall in love with the game I suggest Ronaldinho, he was so skillfull
The goalies come to either close the angle or get to the ball first but most of the time I think it's a bad decision.
1:37 no way you guys are telling him that Pedri is one of the best players today 😂. Y’all are brain washing this man. He’s good but the best…. Nah. At least not this season or the previous season 😂
This season he is easily the best midfielder in the Spanish league.
@ who are the names he mentioned 😭. Exactly. He’s in the same sentence as the others.
@@20SilverTeeth It is true that he has not even come close to touching those levels, but this season he is one of the best in the world as a midfielder.
Beckham wasn’t that good compared to to other players. I don’t think he’s even in the top 50 players of all time… he was more of a celebrity… famous because of pop culture. He was good don’t get me wrong but comparing him to Messi and Ronaldo… not even close .
Vini Jr is the best player in the world today
Rodri literally won the ballon d'or over him a few days ago dude.
@ whose Robri 😅