THE POPULAR GAME... ¡SOCCER!

“Ask not
what your
teammates can
do for you, ask
what you can do
for your
teammates”
Earvin Johnson
THE POPULAR GAME...
¡SOCCER!
Some people are involving in hobbies. Those are good
because a lot of children are entertaining with them
and it avoids bad things like drugs, alcohol or smoking.
There are many activities that people do as a hobby,
like playing video games,
reading, cooking, playing
an instrument or practicing
some sports like
swimming, running,
skating, tennis or soccer.
Sports have been in our
daily life.
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Nowadays more and more people like soccer and it is
much more than a ball and two goals, it connects
people from all the corners of the world. In this article
you will find some good and bad things about soccer.
Sometime ago soccer became trendy, now it is in our
daily life but we do not recognize some things about it,
why people like it a lot? Of course soccer has good and
bad characteristics. So let’s learn some. One of the most
important things in soccer is play in group. It is
necessary playing as a group. So, this sport teaches us
that it is not an individual job. To win, the players need
to accept they belong to a group and they are going to
receive good results as a group. Therefore, this is one
characteristic why soccer is good, if people begin to
work in group they can get wonderful results. Another
thing is the exercise, soccer
helps us to improve our
body. Also, it is a habit that
people should have and
nothing better than enjoys it
playing soccer, for example: I
had a friend, his name is
Carlos. He was overweight
and he did not like to do
exercise but he was really
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good at soccer and he liked it. Then he began to
practice it in a soccer school and he saw that
sometimes we can do things that we do not like to get
whatever we want but beyond that, he understood
that doing exercise was not an obligation and it was a
complement to reach his goals, finally he changed his
perspective about exercise. In addition are necessary
dedication, discipline and hard work and these are tools
to get a healthy body and also, we can take advantage
from those in our lives. Strategies and abilities are the
next. People use those to get a specific goal. Soccer
players need to be connected
and using abilities like they
have in their legs or feet to
win. Also, they have
strategies like in their
positions in the field, so
soccer gives us tools that we
can use to the personal or
grupal growth. Finally, soccer
does not have boundaries,
when people are speaking about it, they feel and show
love and passion. A good example was the last world
cup in 2014. We were so happy for our Colombian team
and other people could see happiness and the same
love that Colombians fan have, regardless age, skin
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color or class. It is true that people do not have the
same likes but when Colombia’s soccer team is present,
it is one feeling. Furthermore, this sport is possible to
everybody and it is a world sport. There are other good
things about soccer, here there are just a few of
those.In addition, many people do not like soccer but
they can learn positive things and enjoy in a right way.
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On the other hand, soccer has some bad things
that are not good for our society. Also, some people
have different likes and it is a reason why people start
to show bad behavior and they start to show
differences but not in the right way. One of the worst
things in soccer is the fans behavior, it is a big problem
that causes by soccer
but of course it does
not have the fault. At
times, people can’t
accept that others
win or has the
advantage. Fights are
the most evidence of
fans behavior but
focus the attention in
“barristas”. They belong to a group of people that have
the same feeling for a team, but there are problems like
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murders or fights between them. Some surveys made
in July in 2013 say that people between 14-25 years old
are “Barristas” and 59% of them do not finish the
school. Also, until then each 22 days someone died. On
the other hand, people find a nice space in “Barra
bravas” to share likes and things and they find support
too. But not at all is bad there are some “barras bravas
that help people. Certainly there are control agencies in
charge of reducing those things. As another bad thing
is that children are influenced by the soccer because
they want to be soccer players in the future and this is
not too bad but if they do not pay attention in the
school and they change their behavior, it begins to be
bad. Also, teenagers are the
future and this implicates that
they had better have good
attitude and looking for a better
society but sometimes they take
the wrong way and it is not good
when they start to kill people
because they are defended their
team. Furthermore there is
another thing, it is the means of
communication like TV, radio,
internet, those are good to know information but up to
a limit, for example social networks like Facebook
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permits to publish fights
that happen between
fans. Also people write
insults and sometimes
fights start in this kind
of tools. There are other
bad things that are
harmful for our society
and we are people that
have the possibility to think and accepting differences
between us because everybody has their owns likes and
dislikes so we would be tolerant and start to show good
behaviors.
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In summary, soccer has bad things but also it has
good things as some tools that we can use in our lives
like play in group, doing exercise, strategies and
abilities and love, in the other hand are bad things like
fans behavior, the soccer influence in children, the
future in charge of teenagers and the means of
communication specifically social networks. In order to
get a better society all we need is a group of
characteristics that everybody has, we just need to look
for them inside of us, one of the most important
characteristic is love, love to live with others, love to
understand others, love to look for a change, love to
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get a better society, patience to listen others and etc.
We can learn of good things that soccer shows us but
we can learn about bad things too, so Are you a
person who has a good or bad behavior?
By: Natalia Hurtado
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