World+Cup+Facts

== =For my World cup homework I got Germany, Portugal, Argentina and South Korea.=

=40 Facts about Soccer:= 1.Soccer is the world's most played sport. 2.The World cup is played every four years. 3.Soccer is played on a rectangular field. 4.Every team has a goalkeeper. 5.You are not allowed to touch the ball with your hands. 6.Only the goalkeeper is allowed to touch the ball with his hands. 7.If you touch the ball with your hands a freekick is given to the other team. 8.Also if you touch the ball with your hands and your inside the penalty box a penalty is given to the other team. 9.Soccer is a non-contact sport. 10.If you pass to a person that is after the last person of defence it is a offside. 11.If a offside occurs it's a free kick to the opposing team. 12.If you touch the ball with your hands on purpose a red card is given to you and you can't play for the rest of the game and the next game. 13.Fifa is the world's largest soccer championship. 14.Soccer is also known as Football. 15.A yellow card is given to you as a warning of being sent off. 16.Only 11 players are allowed on the field on each side. 17.In 1900 soccer was first played in the Olympic's. 18.There are 2 half's in the game. 19.Each half goes for 45 minutes. 20.At the end of each half there is extra time for stopping in the middle of the game. 21.When a free kick is given the other team makes a wall. 22.If the ball goes past the line in line with the goals a corner kick is given or a goal kick is given 23.If the ball goes past the line that is not in line with the goals a throw in is given to the team that didn't touch it last. 24.You can only touch the ball with your feet. 25.You wear soccer boots when you play soccer. 26.The stumps on the bottom of the soccer boots are to grip into the ground. 27.Soccer was first played in the mid-19th century. 28.China likes playing soccer as equally as playing basketball. 29.There are 32 teams playing in the 2010 Fifa world cup. 30.The Soccerroo's are rated the best country in Asia that are playing in the Fifa world cup. 31.The Soccerroo's are rated the worlds 20th best playing country. 32.Brazil is the best playing soccer team. 33.Goalkeepers wear gloves to protect their hands. 34.The best two soccer players are Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. 35.The centre circle is 9.15metres in radius. 36.Which is also 18.30metres in diameter. 37.Referees wear different uniforms to the players. 38.Goalkeepers wear different uniforms to the players as well. 39.Teams have two uniforms. 40.They have their Home uniforms and Away uniforms. =Germany: =

The first game Germany played was against Australia. The final score was 4-0 to Germany. The second game was against Serbia. The final score was 1-0 to Serbia.

Portugal:[[image:portugal_flag.gif width="117" height="76"]]
The first game was against Ivory coast. They drew 0-0. The second game was against North Korea. Portugal won 7-0.

Argentina:[[image:ArgentinaFlag.gif width="205" height="138"]]
The first game was against Nigeria. Argentina won 1-0. The second game was against South Korea. They won 4-1. The final game they played was against Greece. Argentina won 2-0.

South Korea:[[image:South-Korean-flag.jpg width="244" height="137"]]
The first game was against Greece. The score was 2-0 to South Korea. The second game was against Argentinal. They lost 4-1. The final game was against Nigeria. South Korea drew 2-2..