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While I am grateful that sometime took the time to talk about my favourite sport, it became apparent during my reading of the article that unfortunately the author does not seem to know about football. Whoa, that sounds harsh. Ok I guess I will now give my input on the article.
Yeah the game is two halves, 45 minutes per half with no stoppages. That being said sometimes it is 40 minutes or even 30 minutes as I have experienced during my time as a youth player. But at the professional level it is 45 minutes. Substitutions are usually either tactical i.e. a change of formation or if a player has tired or needed to be rested for a later match.
it was the position part that pricked up my ears. There are 4 main positions on a football pitch - goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and striker (Or forward whatever you want to call it). The defence is split up into these positions - sweeper, libero, centre-half, full-back and wing-back. A sweeper plays behind the defence to mop up anything that gets past the defence; a libero is a defender that goes forward to join the attack. A centre-half or centre-back as they are also known usually have the job of marking an opposing forward. They may just have the job of marking a particular area of the pitch and then marking who ever enters their area. A full-back plays on the sides of the pitch in the own half. They play on the left and right of two centre-halves if there are four defenders. They are both defenders and attackers. Some are more defensive and some are more attacking. They usually mark opposition wingers. A wing-back is a full-back that plays on the left and right of three centre-halves. They are more attack minded than full-backs since they have more defensive protection behind them. They usually mark opposition wingers as well but still try to get forward and attack as much as possible.
Then there is the midfield. There is a holding midfielder or defensive midfielder or anchor. These are the different names given to the player that tries to win the ball the most. They will sometimes mark an opposition midfielder, but usually are given a more free role just running around the pitch stealing the ball and starting passes. They are sometimes referred to as the first line of defence. Then we have a central midfielder. These vary. Most are similar to the quarterback in American football since they orchestrate most of the attacks. It is their job to send passes to try and score goals. They also have a defensive responsibility. Attacking midfielders are similar to this but have less defensive responsibility. Wingers are the players that play on the sides of the pitch in the opposition half. There main job is usually to dribble the ball down the wing and send in a cross to the forwards. These are usually the fastest people on a football pitch.
In attack there is usually only one position and only one goal. But some of the more skilful attackers can drop back into the midfield and become an attacking midfielder as well. There is what is known as a target striker and a fast striker. Targets are tall and strong usually and good at jumping and scoring with their head. Fast strikers are fast (Duh! Lol) and agile.
So that is the positions. As you can see there are far more than just four. Each has different jobs to do.
I would very much like to see a new article for the different positions I have mentioned. And a further note is that some of us play in more than one position. Doh!
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