American Reacts to Football Rules: A Beginner's Guide

Hello! I'm an American on a quest to learn more about history, geography and the universe in general. In this video I finally get around to learning the rules of soccer/football, which hopefully sets me up to understand a little more when I watch an actual game. If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe!
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18:34 - Outro
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[@steved6092]

Goalkeepers wear different colours to differentiate from their team mates according to FIFA rules (Federation Internationale de Football Association) ... footballs governing body.

[@darthpaul490]

You should take a look at Aston villa f.c they are a historically important team when comes to the formation of the first football league and the launch of the premier league. They had a bad few years recently but are on the upswing after fighting back after relegation to get back in the premier league then had to survive, then finished mid table this past season....they had a historical win over the champions Liverpool too

[@neilgayleard3842]

A tackle is when you play the ball. A foul is when you play the opponent. Please never goalie. That's for kids. The keeper wears a different kit to help the refs. The shirts/ not jerseys, have to a different colour from everyone else, except from the other keeper.

[@steved6092]

Red cards can result in a player being suspended for the next 1, 2 or 3 matches depending on the severity of the sending off offence ... occasionally they can be appealed by the players club .

[@neilgayleard3842]

Red cards are vital. Because it helps the ref keep order. The threat of getting sent off and playing a player down stops people targeting the opponents. Like they do in ice hockey.

[@charlestaylor3027]

The different colour allows the referee to distinguish the goalkeeper so he can spot illegal handling.

[@williams456]

But where do those uniforms come from? Can they pick any color they like, are there any rules? Do they have to be solid colors?

[@Mammaroot]

@@williams456 you usually have two uniforms in different colors so that when the other team arrives the goalie can appear completely different from both teams. There were times when I played that a goalie would have to change colors before the game because the other team was wearing that color. and yes they are usually solid colors or a solid color with a pattern. no white is allowed as the home team is usually wearing primarily white.

[@thelastroninXX]

@@williams456 Yep. They can wear any color except the uniform of the field player. There are no specific rules for the color.

[@makombi32]

@@williams456 As far as I know they can choose any color, but it's always solid. I don't know if that's forced by the rules or if it's just the way they usually make it. The color however can't be the same or close to the same as any other shirt on the pitch. For example, in this video the teams were red and white. Therefore the keepers from both teams had to have other colors than red and white. It also shouldn't be the same as the other team's keeper. I think it also shouldn't be the same as the refs, but I'm not sure.

[@vittoriodelfato2260]

@@williams456 There is no specific rule. Before the game referee checks if the color is ok to be well distinguishable, if not he can order the goalie to change the shirt. Anyway usually the club provides three different colors which should be sufficient for every situation.

[@edeines22]

The offside law is there to prevent a team from "cherry-picking" and hanging around the goal. It encourages dribbling and passing to break down a defense.

[@sld1776]

Yep. Without the offside law, it would be a different sport. It's as important as the strike zone in baseball.

[@keithlangmead4098]

Yeah, once you have the ball you can go ahead and get past the defenders, it's just it can't be passed to you when you're already past them. Not certain, but I think it's also just the point in time when your team mate passes the ball, not when you receive it, so while risky, if your striker is faster than the opposition the team mate could send the ball ahead of the striker and beyond the defenders, and rely on the striker then being able to get past the defenders and to the ball before the defenders can get to it.

[@generaldreedle2801]

A rule that drives everyone mad especially when VAR interferes but the the game would ruined without it. Never heard it called cherry picking before. Always referred to it as goal mooching.

[@thimbur3543]

@@keithlangmead4098 Yes, it's at the point when the ball is passed not when it's received.

[@hengineer]

It would just be long ball boot. All strikers would hand around the opponents goal.

[@zoroasper9759]

As for the goalie's colors: a footbal pitch is very large, the ref has to be able to spot the goalkeeper at a distance so they try to make their colors as different as possible. That said many goalie's colors are often still linked in some ways to their teams, teams have a lot of colors to choose from and if we're talking about national teams then many many countries have a range of colors that represent their countries. Like the italian team is famously light blue even if there's no blue at all in their flags and state colors

[@jarmotolvanen9525]

And dutch have orange , while their flag does not have orange.

[@salvadorbuschittari6870]

@@jarmotolvanen9525 it's the colour of the royal family. If you understand Spanish or can read subtitles, there is a video about odd team colours you can watch by Pablo Molinari

[@Gia1911Logous]

Blue is the colour of Italy It's the house of Savoy

[@Gia1911Logous]

@@jarmotolvanen9525 It used to have orange It's from the count of orange, again historical

[@Gia1911Logous]

Dutch used to have orange on the flag It's from the count of orange, again historical Italy wears Blue because of the House of Savoy Cyprus wears blue because of history Germany wears black and white because of history It is VERY EASY to see why countries wear the colours they wear This matter has nothing to do with countries

[@martinpaztaboada5749]

the “offside” rule inhibits a striker to just stand inside the gol area waiting for passes the entire game. It is considered this would make the game unattractive . Offside rule forces the Strikers to retrete their position behind defence line if they don’t posses the ball. This forces the attack to strategically move the ball forward, making the game more attractive.

[@99Stutz]

I'm fine with the offside rule, but for Americans who are not familiar with this kind of rule, our first thought is that we like to see scoring and there shouldn't be any rules that make it so difficult to score. :-) I think we would be more happy with a sport where 10-15 goals are normal instead of 2-5, lol. I think the best argument for the rule is that, without it, the gameplay and strategy would be completely different, but it's difficult to imagine how.

[@kristianvaris2996]

@@99Stutz it would just be long ball after long ball untill someone scores and repeat. Whereas say basketball if you throw the ball near the basket constantly, it will likely reduce scoring as defensive team will have an adventage and the basket is so small, and the court is much smaller compared to soccer. The court being smaller also means if there was no offsides players would have to run anywhere from 10-15 miles a game apart from the gk. That just won’t be healthy :) Offside makes it so attackers have to actually think and not just stand at the goal

[@johnnash2815]

About how football fits into our culture, Bill Shankly summed it up well when he said- “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.”

[@georgiawright2762]

YNWA

[@thanoswasright.]

Facts

[@natureclips5849]

I think she will end up Liverpool fan

[@JL-so2eu]

I agree... It is More than that

[@Leege13]

#YNWA

[@cacho100uva]

Man! What these recent videos about football/soccer have made me realize is how terrible these videos explaining the game and its structures are.

[@thimbur3543]

Yes, hard to do justice to the rules and ins and outs of any game in a 20ish minute video, really. Like the offside bit didn't mention cases where you can be beyond the last defender but not be offside.

[@fordprefect9296]

@@thimbur3543 I don't agree. You just have to plan the story line.

[@ishanparikh6966]

Tbf it doesn’t seem like English is his first language (I may be wrong) so he is trying his best to explain.

[@mateusbernardodeoliveira1886]

The editing could be better but I think the explanation was good.

[@gauravbhoir8680]

@@ishanparikh6966 it's not really throwing shade at this specific video but these explanation videos overall that leave out lots important points,imo it's better to just have some friend who understands the sport to explain it to you than a video which is meant to be a quick explanation which doesn't do Justice all rule and regulations of a certain sport(also why don't these people just google things they don't understand,i guess not the best thing to do but I googled lot of things about football)and a lot these video are made by people don't understand it or can't really explain it good

[@meganoob12]

5:40 it literally is an official FIFA rule that the gk has to stand out from his teammates and the other team. This rule is in place to make the life of the ref easier

[@ginkamikaze2]

at first the goalie's equipment wasn't different to make the jobs of the referees easier, but because their wives had to wash their equipment by hand after each and every game because in the 1800s there were no washing machines, so they picked really neutral colors because the goalies were the ones with the dirtiest equipment at the end of the game from all the diving... so to make their wives' jobs easier they had a different color equipment, at least that's how I read it somewhere :D

[@Atarigen1]

One more thing about goalkeepers. They can't use there hands if his team kicks the ball back to him

[@Dunk1970]

Or if their team take a throw-in to him.

[@timmykolseth917]

The goalkeeper, however, can pick up the ball if it is directed to him by a teammate using another part of the body, most commonly, with the head or chest.

[@HellDuke-]

Not the entire story. If the goalkeeper touches the ball with his foot after his teammate kicks it to him, he can pick up the ball afterwards with his hands. You see goalkeepers do this regularly when playing for time, their teammates pass the ball to them, they wait for an opponent to come close and just pickup the ball.

[@Dunk1970]

@@HellDuke- This is absolutely not the case. The only time a keeper can pick the ball up if one of his team kicked it last is if it was not an intentional backpass. The keeper cannot control a deliberate backpass with their foot and then pick it up.

[@krautgazer]

@@HellDuke- Sorry but you're just wrong. Don't confuse people if you don't know the rules.

[@bloodmagiclord8253]

Extra time and penalties are only in knockout tournaments

[@theprophet9429]

Yes, this wasn’t the best video, it’s littered with inaccuracies. They are mostly small, but it’s not ideal if you want to improve an understanding of the game.

[@fraso7331]

It happens often, that a defence player attacks and scores. Sometimes even the goal keepers do so. They don't have to stick to an area by rule, it's just tactics.

[@JacopoBasanisi]

And because the pitch is so big, you need different sets of skills, so typically everyone is good at something different (generic short answer)

[@baennen9186]

It happens especially at corner and free kicks. Usually central defenders are tall, because they need to be strong and winning aerial duels, so they are strong in headers. Also at that set pieces you want as many players possible in the opponent's box to increase your chances of scoring a goal.

[@eltiburon2796]

Usually, it's the wing-backs that score. Sergio Ramos is a great example from earlier in his career.

[@Quallenkrauler]

Adding to that: Especially central defenders are often tall and muscular so they have an advantage in the air at reaching the ball with their heads first. So you'll almost always see them rush to the opponents' penalty box when their team has a free kick or corner. Basically: their goal is not threatened and there's a high chance their team is going to play the ball high into the penalty box. Headers are their specialty, so they're an important offensive tool in those situations. As soon as the situation is over, they'll rush back and reassume their defensive role.

[@fraso7331]

And when the goal keeper is rushing to the opponents side, it's usually an despairing attempt to avoid a defeat in the last minutes of the match.

[@undpqbnu]

I have lived in the States, played several sports in High School and watched some games during my time there and as I understand how Americans conceive sports, my advice to you would be to see football as a more flexible sport when it comes to strategy. American sports are built on fix plays where every player has a role, has to move in certain ways, almost like being on the right spot at the right time in order to receive the ball and move it on and the whole play depends on every player doing its part precisely. Like a clockwork. Kind of like in a military manner. Lots of rehearsed plays with code names and stuff like that. At least that's how it felt like for me. In football, although every team has a strategy there is still a lot of room for improvisation, and the mutual understanding between players is key. Nonetheless, the field is so big it is pointless to be so constrained. In general nobody calls for a "blue 42" and things like that. Let's say that the match goes with the flow. That's why it seems chaotic and pointless for the average American. I guess the more you watch it the more sense it'll make. I hope it helps.

[@MrPaulMorris]

Unlike some sports, the 'positions' are fairly fluid (apart from the goalkeeper). It is not unknown for defenders to score and similarly forwards will move back to support the defence so 'zones' are not the rigid structure that the diagram might have suggested. Corner kicks are especially valuable because the attacking team has control of the ball right in front of the goal. A good kick will put the ball right on the heads of the attackers so it just needs a small nod to put it in the goal. The goalkeeper is hard pressed because the attackers are right on top of him so reaction times are short. 30 minutes extra time and penalty shoot outs are only used in knock out tournaments like the World Cup where you need to have a winner for every game. In league competitions you just have the 90 minutes plus any stoppage time that the referee has added for injuries. If it's a draw then it's a draw and the teams get 1 point each. The offside rule--which is notoriously difficult to spot accurately as a spectator because you are generally watching the player with the ball--is intended to stop attackers basically just hanging around the goal on the off chance a ball might come their way. Remember that a good kick could push the ball pretty much the length of the pitch so the defence would also be tied up watching this resident of their goal area. This would run counter to the intention of the game which is to be free flowing. As I mentioned, keeping track of players being off-side is difficult as the attention is typically on the player with the ball. This is where the two assistant referees (formerly called linesmen) come in. One of their duties is to particularly monitor off-side players. They will often keep close to the line of the most rearward defenders putting them in a much better position to judge. Their other main role is to indicate when the ball goes out of play and which team is awarded the throw in. They carry flags to indicate infringements or who has possession when the ball goes out of play. The referee may also go over to consult with the assistant refs when, for example, his view of an incident was obstructed. Ultimately, however, the referee is the sole judge and assistants technically only offer advice. In the video there was a fourth referee (usually just called the fourth official). These are usually only employed in higher level matches where they supervise substitutions etc. At the highest levels there may are be video assistant referees who will, if requested by the referee, review the video footage to determine, for example, whether the ball crossed the goal line when the referee was not able to see clearly. Many people dislike the video referees because it means stopping play while the referee waits for advice which breaks the flow of action.

[@Inferiis]

nice summary, but still a bit of incorrect info here. Even the goalkeeper's position is fluid, they just usually don't use it (quite risky, but you do see some go to a corner, etc) VAR isn't there to determine goal, that is a different technology, which automatically pings the referee's watch if the ball goes over the line (I assume using something magnetic). The VAR is there to help to decide in case of potential penalty, potential red card and potential offside (the later one is stupid, as they let the game go on for a minute after...)

[@raiden_187]

Yeah exactly it's fluid just depends on what the manager wants

[@MrWillsonx]

The offside rule makes alot of sense actually, the game would be horrible without it

[@hengineer]

Cherry picking is the term.

[@LondonEd]

Offside LAW NOT rule.

[@MrWillsonx]

@@LondonEd potatoe potato

[@LondonEd]

@@MrWillsonx No. 'LAW' and NOT 'rule' is factual.

[@MrWillsonx]

@@LondonEd potatoe potato

[@antoniopt6046]

17:08 The added 30 mins and Penalty shootout only happens if it's an elimination game and it's a tie. Regular league games will end at 90 mins regardless of the result.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

the added 30 minutes are quite rare now. Many competitions go straight to penalties nowadays, while a decade ago they would have the added 30 minutes.

[@samuelgordino]

@@rogeriopenna9014 Actually I only remember one that whent directly to penaltys. Most do the extra time.

[@joealyjim3029]

@@rogeriopenna9014 not at all, most knockout games will go to extra time.

[@rileyindieman1]

Even rarer was the golden goal rule. That's when in extra time (the extra 30 mins) the first team to score wins the match. Penalties occur if no "golden goal" is scored. Last used in Euro '96. The final was actually won by a 95th minute golden goal by Germany. (5th min of the extra 30)

[@meanangel8114]

@@rogeriopenna9014 Do you even watch soccer?

[@MaoKatz]

The off side rule, that seems to be a little unfair, is really a good rule because as the field is so, so large, an attacking player can easily slip into the opponent area without no one notice and receive a long pass, getting an unfair advantage because in a one on one situation with the goalkeeper is, most of the time, goal. Here the skills to overpass defenders is rewarded.

[@newbie4789]

One reason why goal keeper wear a completely different colour is because of how big the pitch is. Teams are constantly trying to find their own teammates in shorter or longer distances so not getting confused with other players is really important. And since the opponent's goalkeeper has so many advantages like the ability to use hands and better protection against fouls, identifying the opposite side goalkeeper from far away becomes an important aspect so that when doing long passes, they can avoid the goalkeeper.

[@MonsoonMally]

'Keepers wear different colours so they can easily be identified as the legitimate goalkeeper by the referee. They are the only ones allowed to use their hands (and then, only in their boxed area).

[@vanessah5217]

Fun fact, referees (at least in Germany) are shown all of the kits used by both teams including the goalies' kits before the game so they can choose which of the ref kit colours is far enough away from the players' kits so they also don't get confused

[@3dmaster205]

Not to mention that they are protected; inside that first square they are essentially an untouchable god, the offensive team is not allowed to block him, or even go for the ball when he has the ball even reasonable locked, while at the same time, the keeper is perfectly allowed to bulldoze said offensive players out of the way to get to the ball, as long as those players don't have the ball.

[@AM2K2]

No idea if it actually works but I read that they choose bright colours/crazy patterns for the goalkeepr because it enlarges their presence in the goal.

[@MonsoonMally]

not true.

[@a1d4n33]

to summarise all of your current and future questions on jersey colours: there are 4 kits for each team -home kit -away kit -third kit -goalkeeper kit when ur playing at home you always wear your home kit. when you are away from home, you still wear your home kit as long as your opponents (who are at home) home kit are not similar to your home kit. if both kits are similar and there might be a risk of confusing who is on which team, the team that is away wears the away kit instead (remember - the home team always wears the home kit). now if your away kit is still similar to their home kit, you wear the third kit. examples: in chelsea's journey to champions league victory there were 3 kits used by outfield players. the royal blue (home), the lighter blue (away) and the blue + pink (third). and the goalkeeper wears green "but what if all 3 kits are similar to the home teams' kit???" then whoever designed the 3 kits should get sacked imo cus that aint supposed to happen hope this isnt too confusing

[@maxfalck6852]

Even though many teams use third kits (occasionally even more kits), they are not needed and not all teams have them.

[@James-yw1lj]

Perfectly not confusing to a brit/European lol

[@a1d4n33]

@James well to non football fans it might be

[@sandrogattorno4962]

The third kit actually is no need, is just a commercial idea in order to sell more shirts to theyr fans :)

[@a1d4n33]

@@sandrogattorno4962 no but there are some kits that are too similar so a third kit is necessary

[@vlandorrackhum5420]

I'd suggest reacting to 'Jorge Campos' The goalkeeper who would leave his goal and attack, all the way to the opponents' goal.

[@baruteku]

Yup. His free kicks were amazingly accurate.

[@xdchrissie17]

Your videos are so entertaining to watch, I live in the Netherlands and I play football myself as well, but it’s very interesting and entertaining to watch you learn more and more about this amazing sport!

[@xdchrissie17]

If you would like to maybe have an online meeting where you can ask questions or I can explain some more things that were unclear I would love to do that!

[@TheDavincciful]

the offside rule was made because without it, an attacking player can just stay near the opponent goal the hole match just waiting for the ball and it would be very difficult for the defense.

[@hengineer]

It wouldn't even be it would be long ball boot

[@jw3505]

Yeah a football pitch is a lot bigger than a basketball court, so play works very differently. In the Five-a-side form of the game there is no offside rule.

[@3dmaster205]

Worse than that; it would mean no team can really go on the offense, because there's those attackers standing in the goal area. Result would be a boring with long to the front; so the offside rule was created to force creativity, dribbling and passing.

[@LondonEd]

'Offside LAW'

[@jw3505]

@@LondonEd 😴 Irrelevant

[@johnmcgurn8921]

When taking a penalty shot at goal all players have to be outside the penalty area (the larger of the two boxes in front of the goal. Also all players have to be at least 10 yards from the ball and that arc you saw on the penalty area denotes a 10 yard radius from the penalty spot. Glad to see you enjoying our sport. I can’t wait for you to watch a rugby or a cricket match. Hope you are keeping well.

[@SanojBerg]

7:57 that actually depends a lot on the freedom the coach gives them, the situation, and also the player himself. I know a couple of center backs who basically become strikers in the last minutes when their team is down 😅

[@zzhungkingzz9569]

The answer for “Why do goalkeepers always wear different shirts than players?”: It’s a coincidence because I thought about this before and the reason that goalkeepers wear different colours because of 2 reasons: 1: If you notice that goalkeepers always wear light and bright colours light green, blue, red, orange, yellow,… you name it. Because it helps the referee to easily indicate that who is the goalkeeper and it also helps the audience to recognize the goalkeeper and avoid getting confused with the players. 2: Some football(“soccer” if you are American 🇺🇸) clubs have sponsors and they use the colour that matches with the sponsors to indicate the brand of that sponsor. 3:this is optional but goalkeepers can choose the colour that they want to wear that it’s different than the colour of the players but mostly goalkeepers allow the manager football club(soccer if you are American 🇺🇸) to decide the primary colour for the goalkeeper. P.S: I got you for that question 😄!!!

[@elatetunic-wd9ig]

The goalkeeper choosing the colour usually is true, the team i support had a legendary goal keeper that used a orange-ish yellow shirt in the 80's, now the actual goalkeeper wore yellow in 2018 and he fell in love with the colour and use it in every important game but in regular matches usually the second keeper (or third) keeper uniform is used for selling propose

[@RodolfoGaming]

16:36 - its to prevent a single player camping on the opposite penalty box and why offsides can only count on the opposition half so not every player gets to push forward too. You are rewarded for timing passes right its only the moment when the ball gets kicked that counts

[@a1d4n33]

some answers on tackles: you dont always get cards for tackles. most tackles were made with legitimate intention to go for the ball and not to injury or hurt a player. but if u go for the ball but u are nowhere near the ball and u hit the guy u might get a card. it also depends on how sever the foul is. for example u could go for the ball and accidentally step on your opponent, drilling your studs into the guys foot or ankle, that is more serious that normal. you could get a yellow for that. or if you stretch your leg out to control a high ball and u hurt someone in the face or neck that could be a yellow or even red. (example: bayern vs ajax kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqeqiWyfftuHa5o ) if you touch the ball first then the opponent it doesnt count as a foul as long as the player isnt seriously hurt by it (there are other factors but its not made clear to most people) example: chelsea vs man city kzbin.info/www/bejne/aF6sqnh_n9uUadU but if you touch the opponent before the ball you get penalised these are only a few answers and they arent that in depth but i hope that helps (also i made another comment on jersey kits since u seemed confused by the colours and whether the players chose what they wore) oh and to add on to the offside rule once your mate passes to you when ur not offside you can run past the defenders and into an offside position anyway (example: chelsea vs man city kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4C0pWCfp95qaKs&ab_channel=F7NATIONSF7NATIONS )

[@Anson_AKB]

yes, and since the goal of that rule is to not allow players occupying the opponent's goal and wait for the ball :-) all these offline rules only apply in the opponent's half of the entire field. and they also apply only when passing the ball forward (and only the moment of kicking the ball forward counts). thus if the player with the ball is right next to the goalline or at a corner kick, no player can be offside. sometimes when two players run towards the opponent's goal, you can see them passing the ball back and forth between each other, but either only slightly backwards, or forwards only when the player with the ball is nearer to the goal than the other one who then does a sprint to the ball. since most of the time the goalkeeper is in the goal, most people think that the rule only speaks of one opponent who has to be between the receiving player and the goal, while it really is more general, requiring any two players (eg if the goalkeeper goes more forward, away from the goal). this often also leads to the "offside trap", when all players of the defending team suddenly make a step forward to bring the attackers (that don't have the ball yet) in an offside position.

[@swanpride]

It is also important to know that really good defenders (of the likes of Philip Lahm) are able to steal a ball away without touching another player. It is a skill.

[@fgljn7535]

Goalies have different coloured outfits because the referee needs to be able to distinguish the keepers from the other players, because different rules apply to them. But also to avoid very confusing situations. It's important for both the attacking and the defending team to know where the keeper is, and players often have to make very quick decisions, and having the keeper look like the regular players will cause confusion and unnecessary mistakes. And there are no specific colours, the clubs get to choose whatever they want. And this will be a different colour every season. I often wonder how they choose the colours, I actually don't know either. It could just be completely random. There are no requirements, only that the outfit is different enough to the ones worn by either team on the field. That also means they don't have one possible outfit to choose from, but two or three. If the keeper has a blue outfit, but the opponent that day also has a blue outfit, he will need to wear another outfit that day, with a different colour. Fun fact: studies have been done on the effects of the colour worn by the keeper, and it appears that bright colours are slightly advantageous, because attacking players seem to have a slightly bigger tendency to shoot the ball more towards the keeper when the keeper is very visible and he really stands out. Therefore making it a bit easier for the keeper to stop the ball. But I don't know if the effect was found to be big enough for it to actually really make a difference. But I do think it's interesting, from a psychological point of view, how we as humans, when having to act quickly, aim more towards something that is bright and stands out.

[@sam-yn2ws]

Totally off topic but i love your eyes 😍, also really enjoying watching ur understanding of FOOTBALL grow

[@Ben-fj2dh]

The offside rule is designed to stop teams just leaving players stood in the box and booting it up to them. You have to think about your positioning and time your passes.

[@generaldreedle2801]

Can someone show this to the England coach before tonight’s game kicks off. He clearly needs a refresher course. It’s never too late to learn. And ask him why he won’t pick Sancho.

[@soumyadipmondalbca-1465]

I asked him. He said that he had to play a team of 8 right backs

[@generaldreedle2801]

@@soumyadipmondalbca-1465 Sounds plausible 😂😂

[@shoutinghorse]

The Germans are utterly perplexed as to why Sancho doesn't start and I would suggest they know a thing or two about the game.

[@abdala3475]

Southgate is just there for morale

[@generichuman2044]

@@shoutinghorse the majority of England is very confused too. Sancho has incredible stats and is a regular for a top side in Europe

[@10Shun]

7:40 One of the best things that happened in terms of strategy or just overall playing style is the development of "Total Football". Basically, the players on different "zones" (as you call it) can switch around, with wingbacks in defense moving forward and contribute to the attack while midfielders and strikers tracking back to help in defense. It's a glorious thing to watch if executed well. Pioneered by the Dutch, its most famous and perhaps best rendition is by the great Barcelona squads of early 90s and the 2000s with Messi. Anyway, this is a good way to be introduced to the basics of football. Just be aware that the modern game is a bit more complex than having players designated particular role in the zones where they are "assigned". Great reaction, keep it up!

[@jordillach3222]

12:01 That semi circular zone attached to the penalty area (big box) is to keep any other player from interfering with the kick. Other players can only enter that zone after the kick has been served.

[@Seedated42]

Anyone can go anywhere, for example at 92:00 minutes into a game you might even see the goalkeeper run all the way up the pitch for a corner because they are really tall.

[@phaexus]

17:11 ... The thirty (2x15) minutes extra time and penalty shootout is only in tournaments where you have to find a winner of the match. Not in ordinary league matches.

[@simonmillard8931]

You hit the nail on the head about the different coloured shirt for the goal keeper - to stand out. They usually, however, wear the same colour socks.

[@italoemmanoel8965]

Funny that I as a Brazilian having watched and played football all my life following your perspective, keep going I'm enjoying it.

[@BlameThande]

03:30 Every time we think we've learned how dystopian the US attitude towards commercials/adverts is, we learn another worse aspect to it :D I can see why it was Americans who pioneered on-demand TV like Netflix just to get away from the adverts! (By contrast we in the UK grew up with the BBC never having carried adverts or had an advert break once in its 100-year history...the annual TV licence is a small price to pay for that). Also really appreciate the more regular uploads from you!

[@PeterBuvik]

Actually on demand online Television was pioneered by TV2 in Norway

[@captvimes]

Netflix is cheaper than the BBC and if i dont renew i dont get threatened that my property is under survelance by them

[@orwellboy1958]

The telly tax needs to go. The BBC is not what it was.

[@theborderer1302]

@@orwellboy1958 Too true. But still better than advert ridden telly.

[@askesismusic]

the 30mn and the penalty shootout is just in a cup situation In a league game, you can have a tie

[@LondonEd]

You can't have a 'tie'. It's called a DRAW.

[@askesismusic]

@@LondonEd tie, draw, whatever. Im French^^

[@askesismusic]

She said tie so i assumed it was a synonym

[@LondonEd]

@@askesismusic Presumably you are a person that thinks the Offside LAW is a 'rule'. Ignorance of the game shown by so many.

[@askesismusic]

@@LondonEd good luck

[@glynevans4119]

The small "D" or arc just outside the penalty area.. is measured 10 yards from the penalty spot where no players can enter while the kick is being taken..

[@MrSammotube]

Without offside, you would have attackers just camping in the opponents penalty area for the whole game and it would make the game boring.

[@UKMessi1]

yeah it would be a weird looking game of football lol

[@jdoe77]

There are only 4 major rules in football: 1st rule: "Der Ball ist rund und ein Spiel dauert 90 Minuten“ > "The ball is round and a game lasts 90 minutes" 2nd rule: "Das Runde muss ins Eckige." > "The round must go into the square." 3rd rule: "Nach dem Spiel ist vor dem Spiel." > "After the game is before the game." 4th rule: "Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win." The first 3 quotes are from Sepp Herberger, a famous german player and coach and the last quote is from Garry Lineker, a famous English player. By the way you have a very nice chanel. I'm glad i discovered it yesterday by accident. You've got a new subscriber :-)

[@DavidLangeYU91]

😂

[@Inferiis]

yep, one of my fav quote :D "Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win." Even though it is not true as of now

[@ryklatortuga4146]

SCOTT STERLING is the only place to look for when talking about penalty shootouts.

[@fostena]

The legendary head of steel

[@James-yw1lj]

Scott sterling!!!! Just seen for 1st time, epic !🤣🤣

[@DavidLangeYU91]

Legendary Video :D

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SCOPATIIII ANDATE A NASCONDERVI WE BEAT YOU AND HUMILIATED YOU, AND YOU CAN STILL FIND GOLD LIKE THIS

[@ToothbrushMan]

The offside rule is designed to stop "goal hanging" - where an opposing player "hangs" around the opposing teams goal in the event one of his teammates simply hammers the ball down the field for him to scoop up and score a goal. If you ever watch school kids play football they often do this because they think the teacher will ignore the violation. But in a serious game it's a must. The offside rule forces goal hangers out of the goal and let's the defence move forward too.

[@jayjay4spurs]

There's so many different formation variations for defence, midfield & attack/strikers: 3-5-2, 3-4-3, 5-3-2, 4-2-4, 4-4-2. It doesn't really matter as long as there's 1 goalkeeper & 10 outfield players. It's about tactics: 4-3-3 for example, the 3 in midfield can play wide to support the attacking wingers but mostly stay in the middle, the 3 attackers in front of the midfield are the main threat coming in from the sides called wingers/wing-ers (wingers run up and down the sides also known as the wings/flanks of the pitch). Attacking wingers run down the side to cross the ball into the box for the strikers, defensive wingers defend the wings against the opposition attacking wingers, the defensive wingers are a part of the 4 defenders. Left Back (LB), Center Back (CB), Centre Back (CB), Right Back (RB). LB & RB are the defensive wingers that run down to the halfway line to support the attackers but can run further to cross the ball into the opposition box & run back to stop the other team attacking

[@RodolfoGaming]

9:05 - yes and no there are variations of the tactics overall but that is more complex. 4-3-3 is an offensive tactic for the reasons you said however like every other tactic there is a defensive 4-3-3, a standard 4-3-3 and an attacking 4-3-3 the latter being displayed. The numbers normally refer to the number of players covering a certain part of the field from the back to the front

[@dave_h_8742]

Wingers ?

[@neilcroft9020]

I was going to say something like this. 4-3-3 is not necessarily more attacking. It depends on the players and how they are asked to play. For example, Jose Mourinho pioneered the 4-3-3 in the Premier League, but he is considered a more defensive minded manager. The positions are very fluid in football, any player can go anywhere on the pitch, and formations change depending on if the team is attacking or defending. That’s one of the reasons people love it so much - infinite variation in tactics and playing styles.

[@RodolfoGaming]

7:43 - the 11 players can be anywhere anytime however yes this is mostly practiced because its simply more effective, the exception is for free kicks or corners for the defenders to come up because they are normally taller (like the center position in basketball for example)

[@hjalmiris4230]

8:00 Anyone can go forward and take shots to score a goal. When it comes to defenders, full or wingbacks are notorious for pushing forward towards the other team's box, providing width, or another passing lane, or to add numbers when pressuring the defense, etc.. Midfielders too can push forward, archetypes like the attacking midfielder (provide passing options, make plays, add numbers in the box), box-to-box midfielders (helping both attack and defense), and wingers (just similar to fullbacks, but are more free to attack) are some example. However, if they push forward to attack, they must ensure that they are safely doing it. Wrong timings can allow opponents to exploit space, create chances, or to counter-attack.

[@bucklberryreturns]

Players do move from position, but usually someone else will cover them as they do. As an example, with a back four (colloquial term for four man defence), you might have a wide defender join an attack to put a cross in (a floated ball, or fast strike along the ground between defence and goal). In this instance a more defensive minded midfielder might stay near the side vacated by the defender, to cover any gap if and when the attack falls apart. Another variation is the string or rope defence (often played by Arsenal in the 80s and 90s). Again four at the back. This is where you have the fullback (wide defender) going upfield to assist an attack, and his defensive colleague on the other side pulls in tighter, to make a strong 3 man defence. This usually happens when there's a 2 man attack facing them, leaving a spare defender to clear up any problems, for instance if they have a great dribbler who passes his marker. Another variant is the sitting midfielder (Barcelona during the tiki-taka period, 90s inward). Here, they allow both fullbacks to join an attack, allowing more passing options further up the pitch, to facilitate their possession game. If they're faced with 2 forwards also, then the defensive midfielder will sit with the centrebacks for the same reason as above. Just two examples, and I've not gone very in-depth with them, but there are numerous little tweaks that happen during every match.

[@strawbryjamz1213]

There are some minor inaccuracies with this. I don’t know how old the video is, but there are enough for me to be unable to correct them all.

[@mr.alloughani]

You need to react to The tactics like: Total football, Catenaccio, tiki taka, …… or just react to anything about Sir Alex Ferguson.

[@MrSilentBill]

I think, you can compare the offside-rule to goaltending in Basketball just from the opposite side. In Basketball the defense has to wait until the thrown ball makes contact with the basket area, before they are allowed to grab it or slap it away. Otherwise they could just wait for someone's score attempt and then just jump up and prevent the ball from going in.

[@chrisa4284]

the different roles are somewhat malleable - it depends on the individual manager's preferences and the team strategy and so on. But in general i'd say that there is a certain degree of specialisation - defenders need to be great in defence, and will tend to train their defensive capabilities much more than their attacking play, so it makes sense for them to mostly commit to a defensive role. But it's certainly possible for them to come forward - and players on the far right/left of defence will often try to initiate a kind of surprise "flanking maneuver" (to use a military analogy) by running the ball wide up the pitch. when the goalie gets to kick it out from the box after the ball has left play, it's called a goal kick. free kick for foul outside penalty area --> defensive team is allowed to form a defensive wall between the ball and the goal, to try to block penalty kick for foul inside penalty area --> defensive team has to stay outside the penalty area, and also outside the curved D-shaped bit at the top of the penalty area. AFAIK this is the only scenario in which that D-shaped zone has any meaning. otherwise, ignore it. offside: as an attacking player, you are offside if 1) there are not at least two players of the opposing team between you and the goal at the moment the ball is passed (i.e. the moment the passer kicks it, rather than the moment it is received) and 2) you are (potentially) actively involved in play. so you cannot be offside if you are on the ground injured, for example, or if your team is defending a play from the other team way up the other end of the field. The first part of the rule is crucial - because it relates to the moment the ball is passed, it means you can still be well in front of the defensive players when you actually receive the ball. the extra 30 mins + penalty shootout only applies in an elimination-style cup competition (e.g. the FA cup, or the finals of the champions league, the finals of the euros, the finals of the world cup,...) NOT in national leagues, where a tie (we actually call it a "draw" not a tie) means each team gets 1 point each.

[@eddiegaltek]

The First rule of Soccer is IT'S CALLED FOOTBALL. The Goal Line is called The By Line; the Goal Line is the part of the By Line that runs between the Goal Posts. The Goalkeeper dresses completely from the rest of the two teams players so they they standout from every other play because they can use their hands. The Kick-off, (in this example) White can have as many players as they lick in their half of the Centre Circle, Red can not encroach within 10 yards of the Centre Spot (the radius of the circle). The area of operation are not fixed. Anyone can go anywhere, anyone can score even the Goalkeeper. The Defensive line tends to operate from the By-Line to the Halfway-Line, The Midfield between the two Penalty Areas and the Strikers in the opposition half. The two fullbacks, the two on the ends of the defensive line operate the whole length of the field along the wings; overlapping the two midfielders ahead of them. The two Centre Backs will enter the opposition Penalty Area for Corner Kicks because they are usually good at heading the ball. For a Goal to be scored the ball must be wholly over the line, that is no part of the should encroach on the line. If any part of the ball is over / above / on the line then it is deemed to be still in play. This is true of the By-Line (Goal Kicks, Corner Kicks) and the Side-Lines (Throw Ins). The Goalkeeper can only handle the ball inside the Penalty Area but can take the ball outside it and kick to a team mate. The Curved line of the Penalty Area is to keep players away from the ball during a Penalty Kick. All Dead Ball kicks (Kick-Off, Corner Kicks, Free Kicks and Penalty Kicks) the opposition must not come within 10 yards of the ball until the ball is kicked; hence the "D". For Knock-Out tournaments there maybe two periods of 15 minutes before a Penalty Shoot-out. Not the best instructional video you could have found.

[@dannyfloresbo]

I agree with most of your post, however, it's actually backwards about the byline. The Goal Line is the whole line. The Byline is the part of the goal line outside of the posts. To score a goal the ball must pass the goal line between the posts and under the crossbar.

[@eddiegaltek]

@@dannyfloresbo That's what I wrote. The Video calls the whole of the end line the Goal line, and I wrote that "Goal Line" is called the By Line, and Goal Line is part of the By Line that runs between the posts.

[@dannyfloresbo]

@@eddiegaltek And that is not correct. The whole line is the Goal Line. The byline is the part of the Goal Line that is not between the posts.

[@ianp1986]

The keeper doesn’t get to choose what colours he wears. When the kit makers (Adidas, Nike etc) design a kit, they design the keeper’s kit too. Keepers can choose to wear long pants instead of shorts, as they do a lot of standing around and could get cold, especially during the winter, although not many do, and also wear a cap if they’re facing the sun

[@lordmordred33]

I worked for an Adidas contractor and i can tell you that this it's no entirely true... i.e. we have in our colour palette 25 tones of green named Kahn (for Oliver Kahn) because he design it's oun kits and they were especially picky with the colors and tones... Another goalkeper famous for design it's own kits and also famous for make the very colourfuls was Jorge Campos. Goalkepers at least famous ones or the ones playing in big teams are welcome to make it's own designs, simply most of them don't bother to do it and pick a generic design of the company... usually they don't even care to pick the colours... but that's they choice. Sometimes they pick what they want and it's very especific like the former goalkeper from FC Barcelona, Zubizarreta, who allways insists in play with a plain dark green jersey, or if green can be confused with a team, they pick allways sky blue at his second colour, also plain design.

[@ianp1986]

@@lordmordred33 We need to see the return of all those crazy keepers kits from the 90s

[@lordmordred33]

@@ianp1986 it's funny, if you don't make the kits... the reason for we have 25 tones of light green Kahn it's because they don't like to play with one colour if they loosed a match wearing it... so, yeah return to crazy kits, but only if the Gk it's not to much supersticious or don't loose too often LOL

[@danigar]

I played goalkeeper and always assumed that wearing long pants, or super long socks, was because they're throwing themselves into the ground all the time, so the contact and friction with the grass is made more comfortable with pants, at least in my case

[@dwsoccer6859]

The keeper does get to choose the colour they wear (although perhaps in conjunction with the team management). All the kit manufacturers provide apparel in a multitude of colours and a team or keeper can choose from any colour that's available.

[@jeremyyoung1386]

On the formations - there isn't really zones, per se, for defenders and forwards (attackers).... defenders can, and do, go forward to support attacks and forwards, can and do, go back to defend. Also the tactical formations are flexible and change within the game - sometimes this is planned and sometimes it will be just as result of the way the game is going. For instance a team might on paper line up as 4231, but because of the roles assigned to the players this could play as a 424 in attack, and a 451 in defence... and during the game the attack might become more of a 2431, or a 4213, etc depending on factors like how high the full backs are pushed on, if the wide players are cutting in, or staying wide, passing styles etc. And likewise in defence the the team shape might alter to a 622, or a 433, etc. Without the basic 4231 changing as the basic starting position of the player. A useful way to understand positioning is to look at the heat-map of a player.

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello SoGal and Roger. When I was small and learning the rules they had only just brought in one substitute. Goalkeepers generally wore the team colours, but with a green shirt. If the goalkeeper was injured he swapped shirt and played outfield with another player going in goal. With so much riding on games the rules evolved to what they are now, as did the colourful outfits.

[@PeterDay81]

The Football League was founded in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. It originally consisted of a single division of 12 clubs (Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke (now Stoke City), West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers), known as The Football League. When the League admitted additional members from the rival Football Alliance in 1892, it was split into two divisions.I'm originally from Birmingham in England aka Brum. I'm an old Aston Villa fan, Aston is in Birmingham.You don't get 30 min of eIxtra time in a league game.In association football knockout competitions or competition stages, teams play an extra 30 minutes, called extra time, when the deciding leg (or replay of a tie) has not produced a winner by the end of normal or full-time.

[@michael_177]

my grandad is from birmingham, big villa fan

[@PeterDay81]

@@michael_177 Is he a holtender I was? I'm originally from Erdington.

[@Ernoskij]

@SoCal The semicircle on the coal area is to keep the players a certain distance away from the ball when a penalty is being shot, if that wasn't there the players would be too close in that area, so it's simply there to mark where the players have to stand outside while the penalty is being shot. As for your question if the goal keeper can only shoot from the goal area, no, he is allowed to go all over the field, but he is only allowed to touch the ball with his hands while he is inside the goal box, so as soon as he is outside he counts as a regular player, so he has to drop the ball before he goes outside, and therefore it's seldom the goal keeper does go outside the box in those situations

[@lauz-im3ov]

Regarding your query around 8:00, the "zones" are very loosely defined and different teams in different matches might have different priorities as to where they want certain players to spend their time. In the modern game, the fullbacks (that's the left and right-sided defenders) are often expected to make runs with the ball up alongside the touchline and make crosses into the opponent's box, in addition to their defensive duties. Players who are good at this are sometimes referred to as "attacking fullbacks" - they start in a defensive position and have defensive duties but they're equally valued for their ability to move forward and influence the attack. To play like that you'll normally need at least 1 defensive midfielder, who can slot back into the defence and provide cover if the fullback loses the ball high up the pitch.

[@RodolfoGaming]

12:20 - Yes its very different from american football. But tackling essentially means taking the ball away from the opposite ball carrier

[@pickupgames2995]

Great video, you're super chill. Enjoy the rest of the Euros but don't watch England

[@James-yw1lj]

Id say try be positive but I'm 36 so pessimism for the win when it comes to england, always a reliable disappointment

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

@@James-yw1lj E chi se lo aspettava

[@nickjeffery536]

Regarding formations - because players don't necessarily have to stay in one position, the formations can be kind of fluid - so, for example, a formation might start off as 5-4-1 (it's always in the order Defence/midfield/attack), but once the team has the ball, if the wide defenders (full-backs) push forward, and the wide midfielders also do the same to support the striker, this can easily move to becoming a 3-4-3 formation in attack. Once the team loses the ball, if the team can't win it back quickly, they then drop back into the 5-4-1 to protect the goal again. You also see people use formations such as 3-2-3-1-1, Tis would suggest you have three out-and-out defenders, two players in defence who also support attacks, three men in the midfield, one deep-lying attacker (to link between midfield and attack) and one outright striker...

[@DarkAngel-vb2hu]

Goalkeepers wear colours different to stand out to their team mates - it’s fast so peripheral vision needed - also helps officials - colours are sometimes co ordinated to a second or third kit (used for away matches or away match where kit colours clash) goal keeper kit will have club badge on it Players don’t have ‘zones’ specifically it’s all about tactics - how strict the roles are depends on the strategy and tactics (‘system’ eg 442) used a more defensive team may set up with less defenders but tell their midfielders to not move too far forward or may use 5 defenders - any player can go anywhere on the pitch 433 is not necessarily more attacking - it has no ‘wide’ players as with 442 but it can be used to create wide players if the left and right back are used to travel the left/right sidelines(wings) - but again this depends on the strategy - 433 can be very defensive with 4 defenders and using 2 of the 3 midfield to not stray too far forward- this would lead to longer passes (long ball tactics) - all to do with style / tactics and also to counter the strategy and tactics of the opponent The decision of the referee is final - so with only some professional teams in some leagues use goal line technology- Goal area curved line is to mark the distance from the penalty spot (penalties awarded for fouls in ‘the box’ no players are permitted within 10yds of the penalty spot Goalkeepers can go anywhere on the pitch just often won’t for obvious reasons - but can only handle in the 18 yard box (and not pick it up if passed to them deliberately by own team mate (to speed the game up) ( you used to be able to do this ) Tackle is term for taking the ball from an opponents possession doesn’t have to be a slide that’s just one method - but can’t make contact with player first, can’t follow through the tackle onto the opponent (although this often happens You can get yellow cards for any offence - referees decision is final - but there are guidelines for professional referees It’s not like a basket ball foul where the foul is for minimal contact - football is a contact sport - it usually is given for recklessness or deliberate cheating (although referees appear useless at spotting this) You can make substitutions to help when a player is sent off - eg if goalkeeper gets two yellow or red card - can substitute a defender to bring another goalie on- playing with one less (or more than one less ) is the punishment for the team - often it also means the player sent off can miss future matches so cannot be selected to play in the 11 depending on seriousness of the ‘foul play’ Offside - you are onside if when they ball is kicked there are two players between the player (being passed to) and the goal (the goal the player is trying to score into) - usually people say last defensive player as they take for granted the goalkeeper will be one of the two players - not always and sometimes referee even miss this ! You cannot be offside if you are behind the ball (like if you drew a line from one side of the pitch to the other passing thru the ball perpendicular to the goal line the player is attacking towards) can’t be offside from a throw-in / throw-on (same thing just terminology) either Offside prevents goal hanging - staying around the goal not running waiting for goal opportunities - offside prevents stupid score lines like in basket ball where he big event is missing a basket - in football the big event is scoring a goal / not missing the goal 🤣 a tie and extra time is only played if a win/ lose scenario is needed eg knockout competition- in league games draws get 1 point each - in knockouts = no points

[@VirtualBoyFTW]

This video (meaning the one you're reacting too) isn't great as its relatively fast-pace, missed a lot of details and skimmed over many concepts that non-football fans would require more clarification on to get a fuller and correct understanding. The dude in the video seemingly didn't script anything (which would of helped a tonne) and this lead to a lack of structure and hence my, and I suspect many others criticisms of the video you reacted too. For some clarity on some points, when talking about a formation, the numbers need to add up to ten (as the goal keeper is assumed). And when one is said or written the first number indicates the players closest to the goal they are defending and the last number is the players furthers away from their defensive goal. So in the video the 4-4-2 example was good. 4 defenders followed by 4 midfielders followed by 2 strikers. The 4-3-3 "Attacking" example however, to someone new to this was a bit deceiving. So in a typical non-adjusted standard 4-3-3, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 attackers. I use the word attackers because in that attacking line, the central player will likely be a striker and the two other players will be known as wingers or wide-forwards (forward=attacker) and those 2 provide more passing options for the striker to get the ball and score a goal (although this is a simplification, all 3 players are very unlikely to all be strikers, although all have license to score goals as attacking players). In the video the "attacking" term is used to describe the orientation of the midfield players and not the attacking players (which is where some confusion may be). So in the video in the 4-3-3 example the middle player of the midfield line was further away from his own goal and closer to the attackers. This players position is known as a Central Attacking Midfielder (hence why the 4-3-3 attacking formation is named thusly). His job is help the attackers more than the other midfielders in very simple terms. Formations and positions can get ALOT more complex than this but for now the 4-4-2 and the 4-3-3 and their slight variations are the most common ways teams set up their players. For the goalkeeper shirt colours, its much easier for everyone to see them when its crowded in their box when say a corner is happening, makes life easier to watch for officials, spectators and TV audiences. Fouls are mostly well done in this video for showing what IS a foul. Just by watching a game you'll be able to tell quickly and lots of fouls happen a game its dead easy to learn. What I would say is that the video missed a key point of clarity when a good tackle is made and no foul is given and play is uninterrupted. Again the following point of clarity will lack some nuance, but 90% of the time if the defending player hits the ball FIRST when an attacking player has it and wins the ball it isn't a foul. The key word his is first, the defending player needs to touch the ball before making significant contact with the attacking player, otherwise it will be deemed a foul. The point of clarity here is FIRST and fouls in football can often be less cut and dry than this, again watching games and watching the slow-mo replays you get sense for it. Fouls are often a good source of talking points about a given game. Some have differing opinions on what is deemed a foul. Some criticise the referee for giving a foul when they feel it shouldn't be etc, but again watch games, listen to commentators and you'll get good idea in no time at all. Offside: Now then... Offside aren't as necessarily complicated as some make out. Like fouls, some offside calls can be contentious and not always clear but for the most part they work like this. If the attacking player is between the defending goalkeeper and the closest to the goal line defender then that player is in a offside position and if the ball is passed to that player and the player attempts to play the ball (i.e. no ignoring it completely) then a offside foul is called, and the defending team gets a free-kick. Offside pretty much that simple, the confusion lies when the players pass to space behind the oppositions defence for their attacking player to run onto. This is a very common tactic for attacking plays and its called "running in behind defenders". It's advantageous to try and perform this action as it consequently allows the attacking team to get into a good position to score a goal. In very simple terms if the attacking team plays a pass for their striker to run onto behind defenders, the ball will land ideally in place between the oppositions goalkeeper and the defenders. The ball once landed if it were a person of the attacking would be in a offside position like the above example. But because its the ball it cant be offside, only players can be. So the trick is for the attacking team is for the player who will pass in into this ideal position for the striker, and the striker to time things so the opposition get less of an opportunity to defend this action and therefore get a greater chance of scoring a goal. So the attacker will be timing his run to meet the ball in is theoretically "offside" position, between the defending goalkeeper and the defenders. So how can this happen given that if the player just stood where the ball would land he would be called offside? The trick to this, is that if the attacking player is either level with or in front of the defending players THE MOMENT the ball has left the foot of the attacking player passing the ball into the position, and then runs onto where the ball will land he will not be offside. This is because when the ball was played (left the foot of the passer) the striker was in an on-side position and therefore is allowed to run at the defending teams goal, to try and get the ball and score, its at this point now where the defenders have to try and stop him. AGAIN this is a GROSS oversimplification and can involve more attacking players and things called phases of play, but ignore of all this to start with, watch games and get idea for it and again commentators and replays will look at offsides. Its very difficult to write how offsides work as visually they are ALOT easier to explain. Hope this helped somewhat and welcome any clarifications in the replies to this comment. TLDR: Watch games, you'll figure it out. P.S. Once you have learned the basics and if you get into it and watch more games. Sometimes to get a good understanding of what's going on and where the ball might go next, don't focus on the ball as you are watching, look around at the other players to see where the player with the ball may pass to, its a good way of understanding the flow of the game and you'll slowly get an understanding of how attacking opportunities develop and will start to see them before they play out in a game and then at that point, you've basically figured out football.

[@bigal2069]

Please react to tottenham hotspur's Road to the 2019 champions league fibal

[@liamwilkinson9902]

If anything she should react to chelsea in 2012 even more unexpected and they actually won

[@bigal2069]

@@liamwilkinson9902 true but spurs had such iconic games like the 4-2 against red star and the city and ajax games

[@liamwilkinson9902]

@@bigal2069 so did chelsea lmao, barcelona for that Torres oooooooh and drogbaaaa in the final. Iconic as well

[@spacefox1016]

@big al Why? They didn't win

[@bigal2069]

@@spacefox1016 you don't have to win for something to be iconic

[@fgljn7535]

The different roles have varying degrees of strictness, it mostly depends on the tactics that the team uses. Some teams will not take much chances and keep their defenders in the back in case of a counter attack. But a lot of teams (especially nowadays, there are some historical trends in tactics) will have fullbacks (the defenders on the left and right side) that also join the attack. These will obviously have to have good stamina, because they have both defensive and offensive roles to play, and will do a lot of running back and forth. Also, midfielders can have different roles. Some will stay near the defence, to be able to help them out when needed, and are often good at taking the ball from the opponent. Some will, when the time is right, make a run forward and join the attack and try to score. This can be hard to defend. Some are very creative and good at passing, and can suddenly create goal chances with a smart or unexpected pass. Also the attackers can have different roles. Some will uses their speed to try to get quickly to positions where it's easy to score, or to pass to another attacker. Some will be strong, stay relatively close to the goal, to receive the ball from a fellow player, and keep the ball in possession, to give midfielders the time to join the attack and create dangerous situations. Some will try to get close to the goal (with the ball) by trying to get past the defender, by using quick and smart movements in small spaces. Some will not take part in the game very much, but will try to sneakily get into dangerous positions, hunting for the perfect opportunity to suddenly score. This takes patience, intelligence and a natural feeling for where the ball might move to in various situations. Some will stay near the sides of the field, and will try to send a long pass into the goal area, which can be dangerous. Etcetera!

[@Minato1337]

Hey you should react to BMOnus video "A Clueless American's Guide to EURO 2020", it's a good one! cheers!

[@Cwattyeso]

Defensive Players can be involved in Goal Scoring an Attack, Mainly from set pieces such as free-kicks and corners because typical the two central defenders will be the team's tallest players and offer the best target for a header. The two wide defenders often called fullbacks or wing backs often times will provide an attacking threat in the form of dribbling the ball to the opponent's goaline and then providing crosses into the box for the attacking players.

[@acceleratum]

goalies colors is to stand out in the middle of some plays as it can get confusing, the colors and the design are usually presented in the beggining of the season, there is no restriction but they usually have a color of the club ( a mix of two colors usually) or the flag in national teams but goalies use really strong colors to stand out like bright yellow or green but it is the team choice, the entire team has a secondary outfit (using the secondary color) usually in case both teams have similar colors one of them takes the alternative outfit.

[@jmkiser33]

Understanding formations (like 4-4-2) is important to give you an idea of the structure of the game, but there's a lot of nuance and depth to formation. Formation is often mixed with tactics, for example, a defending/counterattacking team may have a 4-4-2, but most of the players will be sitting back on the pitch in their own territory defending. This stretches the opposing team out while they're attacking trying to penetrate our defense leaving them vulnerable for quick counter attacks down the pitch. Often, formations will intentionally change depending on whether a team is attacking or defending. Managers will give each players specific and general "responsibilities" in different game states. What makes this game so beautiful is the 4D chess inside simple objectives. Singularly, a player needs to perfect his own job. But even better, is when all the players on a team perfect their own jobs and also instinctively know what the jobs of all their teammates are. This is represented in beautiful plays, for example, where it looks like 3-4 players are attacking, making runs, passing and shooting in split seconds as if they know exactly where their teammate is GOING to be and what their teammate is going to do before the first player even passes the ball. On top of that, this singular player needs to research the other team and know exactly what they're doing/trying to do as well and be a step ahead. Once you've learned all the basics and are ready for an intermediate/advanced way of learning the game, find a couple games on KZbin (even better with wide camera angles) and try to pick a player (usually a midfielder is easiest) and watch that player specifically. What is he doing when the balls not around him? What position is he moving towards when his team has possession? Where is he going when his team loses possession? Then, of course, what are his tendencies when he gets the ball? Is he skilled on the ball, attacks and takes on players himself? Or is skilled at passing and moving the play forward? Or is this player skilled at recovering possession by attacking opposing ball carriers and forcing turnovers? You'll quickly learn all the differences even in positions. With forwards, for example, sometimes he's the guy that's always attacking in the box trying to get his head/foot on everything and turn it towards goal. Sometimes they're the forward on a defensive/counterattacking team and he's responsible for holding and not losing possession and linking up with his other teammates that are rushing ahead of him.

[@Metalhammer1993]

The goalie's colors are in fact totally different on purpose so the goalie can be easily picked out from the rest of the team. And as every team has two jersey's (normally one home one off road, but if your off road Jersey looks to similar to the home jersey of the home team you just wear your home jersey) the goalie has two sets as well to make sure he can neither be mistaken for the other goalkeeper nor any of the other players. which typically is done by giving the goalie brighter, more saturated colors.

[@DVineMe]

5:17 There used to be a time when they used to just wear black, somewhere in the '80s or something they started wearing very visible colors. Sometimes they have their own set. In smaller teams, with I suppose have less money to have a separate kit for the goalkeeper, they might wear the away kit if the team's playing the home kit and vice versa. Of course it has to be different enough from the opposing team's kit, so they might even wear the third kit. But other than availability and what the field players wear, they do have a choice. I know of a few goalies who have a preference for specific colors. 7:55 In modern day football players will switch position a lot. Strikers will generally stay in front, the central defenders will generally stay in the back (although they will come forward on a corner kick, because they tend to be tall and pretty good at heading the ball). Other than that, midfielders will run from defense to offense, the defenders on either side of the pitch might run down the whole pitch. The more movement there is and the more they switch position the harder it is for the opposing team to defend. 8:48 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 are pretty old school, and again in modern day football with all the position switches you don't really stay in those formations during the game. Like if you're in a 4-3-3 and the opponent has the ball the two attackers on the side (wingers) might come back to a midfield position and then you're in a 4-5-1. Same if they have the ball a midfielder might come forward as well to make it a 4-2-4. It's not a static thing and not very relevant. 13:15 If you could just substitute a player who got sent off then where would the punishment be? Sure, the player who'd get substituted in might not be as good, but it wouldn't be to the extent to where you risk losing the game because of it. Whereas now if they get a red card they do let the team down, meaning they have more incentive to avoid it. 14:40 Yes, if you go for the ball and hit the ball it doesn't matter if you hit the player afterwards. If you go for the ball and don't hit the ball but the player it is a foul, if you make any move towards the player that has got nothing to do with getting the ball (like that slap) it's a foul. 16:00 It isn't offside if you're beyond the last defensive player, it's offside if you're beyond the second to last opponent. So two opponents have to be in front of you to not be offside. Generally that's a defender and the goalkeeper (but could be two defenders if the goalkeeper's far from the goal). You also can't be offside on your own half, so if all the players (apart from the goalkeepers) of the opposing team are on your half and you're beyond the second to last player, but still on your own half you're not offside. And you're only offside if you're standing offside at the time the ball leaves your opponents foot (or head I suppose). And you can only be offside with body parts with which you can score, so your arms/hands can be in an offside position but you won't be offside. Furthermore if you were in offside, but the defender tries to intercept the pass but fails and the balls still gets to you you're no longer offside. And no, there should be no reward for getting past the defense. As long as you don't have the ball you can just walk past them, they're not going to care. The actual skill for the attacking player is to be as forward as possible without being offside. And for the defensive players to stay neatly on one line, because if one of them is further back and the opponent is past the other defenders but not that one defender further back that defender lifts the offside. There's a whole thing about it called the "offside trap", where the defense makes this move forward in one line right before the pass is being played, so the forward player is being put into an offside position. Oh and you can be in an offside position, but not be offside if you're not actively taking part in the game. Like let's say one player's in an offside position, and another isn't. If the one who isn't gets the ball (and the one who is doesn't get involved) they won't flag for offside.

[@dwsoccer6859]

Finally, someone who understands the offside law and explains it properly. It's not the position of the last defender that's used to determine offside position, it's the position of the second last opponent - and for the reason you state: the goalkeeper is not always the opponent closest to their own goal line However you got two other things wrong. Goalkeepers didn't all used to wear black - there was one famous keeper (Lev Yashin of the USSR) who wore black and some other keepers copied that. But not all of them. It's also absolutely *not* automatically OK to contact the opponent after getting the ball first. If the player gets the ball first, but then contacts the opponent in a way judged by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force, that is not permitted. In fact some of the very worst tackles (and the ones most deserving of a red card) are the ones where the player gets the ball first but goes through it with so much force that they then wipe out the opponent. Even if they don't completely wipe out the opponent it's still a foul if the challenge is careless - and a foul plus yellow card if it is reckless, no matter whether they got the ball first or not.

[@DVineMe]

@@dwsoccer6859 Not sure if I explained it properly lol, probably missed a few things as well. Not the world's easiest rule to explain with all its caveats. You'd really need to use imagery of all the different situations. I might've been confused with referees lol. And they probably already started wearing more flashy colors before the '80s as well. And indeed, you can't jeopardize a player's safety regardless (plenty of examples where someone takes the ball and then steps on the opponents feet or ankles on purpose, and that's definitely a foul). I was mostly focusing on the images shown, and the fact that even if you had every intention to play the ball but were too late it's still a foul (even if the referee decides to give advantage). Contrary to when you do get the ball first and still make contact with the opposing player afterwards, without intent or endangering them. Like with offside: it's quite complicated lol. Same for referees giving advantage. Sometimes they will call a foul for no apparent reason other than to take the whole dynamic out of the game. Other times they'll give advantage with a player being injured and needing to be substituted (and nothing happening until the ball finally goes out of play, or the players realizing what has happened). For me it's one of the ways to spot a good referee, because in the end the most important thing about refereeing is being able to read the game.

[@Roxyopal77]

What wasn't explained in the video about the offside rule is that the player must be behind the opponent at the point that the pass is made (in other words when it is kicked, at the time the player receives the ball he is allowed to be ahead of the defenders) so the passes are made into the space that the player will be in. A long pass into the open space when your team mate is accelerating faster than the defensive line is very effective.

[@fichinesonline]

8:00 it's so not strict sometimes when a teams needs to score a goal and it's the last minutes even the goalkeeper goes to the other goal to try and score

[@christinecrockford1654]

Any player on ur side can score even the goal keeper can go up the pitch and score along as he doesn't use his hands, like if one team is a goal down and they get a corner in the last minutes of the game, very often the goalkeeper will run to the other goal and try to score too.

[@ILKILO1]

It's so that players don't just hang around the opposition's goal the whole time, this would also result in defenders hanging further back to mark the striker and overall just drop the quality of the entire game. If you can beat the defender either by a pass or a dribble instead of just lazily hanging around the goal and waiting for the ball than you get your opportunity to score . Also just makes for a better watch and more tactical game when players contribute to all phases of play. Certain teams chose to press from the front to using the attackers, so that's the first line of defence for alot of teams to. The overall team at the highest levels are expected to keep a very rigid shape in defence moving forward and back and covering all the open space making it harder for the opposition to progress on the field, when attacking it's more free flowing and that's when you the right back and left back attack, wingers come inside , strikers drop into midfield, midfielders running beyond the striker ex... It makes for a much more tactical game overall having offsides.

[@37wilde]

To your question about the defenders role in the offense: I would say there are two typical (but not exclusive) situations when defenders go far into the opponents half. 1. When an attack is launched over the left- or right wing, the left- or wing defender respectively would go forward to support the attack. 2. Central defenders when their team gets a corner or freekick to possibly score a header because central defenders are usually tall

[@MarioPlinplin]

A couple of things: -about the goalkeepers colour: I actually don't know, but my guess wuould be to avoid having them the same colour as the opponents. Every team has 2 colours and they match them so they don't use similar ones, so it could happen that the keepers wear the same colour as the opponents -role strictness: on paper there is no strictness required, even the keeper can score. However, since the roles require different skills players tend to fit one role with maybe some flexibility to fill in for certain plays. For example, defense player can be either large and hard to physically go through or smaller and skilled in ball control to steal it from attackers. Mid fielders players too can either be large and strong so that other central can't easily steal the ball or they can be very precise with passing to set up attacking plays. The roles have some overlapping based on what the plays needs -game length: if the games are in elimination based tournements and they can't tie they go to the extra 30mins. This 30 mins stop as soon as a goal is scored. It's not easy for games to go to penalty shootout -off side is there to to avoid the game stalling into defenders camping attackers on both sides and mid fielder passing each other unable to make a play Hope this clears up a couple of things!

[@3dmaster205]

That little half-circle/oval at the edge of the 16-meter area (the second rectangle around the goal) is legacy. A century or so ago, football, like field hockey, had penalty corners. A certain number of attacking players had to be on the inside or just on the outside of that oval; the penalty corner itself would be taken halfway to the corner flag from the 16m area and had to be played to the players at that oval. Oddly enough, despite it being called "penalty corner" a foul was not the only thing that could produce the penalty corner, and much like in Field Hockey you had inexplicable halt of the game to take a such a penalty corner. A vast majority of the people playing, watching and organizing football matches did not like this, and so penalty corners were removed from the game. But that oval had already achieved immediately recognizable status as a football field, and so it continued to be painted on. Up until recently the little stripes into the field at the midway point where the penalty were to be taken, were also always still painted; it's only in the past 1 to 2 decades where painting that penalty corner ball point became optional; some do it, others don't. So that oval shape is there, but it doesn't have any rules associated to it anymore.

[@rileyindieman1]

As a lifelong English football fan, I have learnt something today. Thanks!

[@joe256]

Talking tactics, it's really really really broad. It depends on formations, playing systems, and more. For example , 4-3-3 is more attacking because it creates overloads in the wide areas to stretch the opposing defense, while still have enough numbers in the middle to take advantage of the resultant space.

[@timcliffsmith]

1. Another thing about subs, if you use them all and then a player gets injured, you cannot make another substitution and have to play with fewer players. 2. The goalies wear a different colour to distinguish them from the outfield players because they can handle the ball in the area. Makes it easier for the ref. Green is the traditional goalie colour, but these days they wear all sorts. 3. At kick-off, you can have more than one person in the area, but no opposition players. 4. Any player can run anywhere (even the goalies), but generally you have areas of responsibility. The guys who move the least are the central defenders, but the wide defenders (fullbacks) also attack a lot (especially in the modern game). Usually, central defenders are tall and good at heading, so they go up to attack for corners. 5. Yes, you got the basics with the 433. There are many formations, but basically they are all looking for a balance between attack and defence. Many formations these days try to get more people into midfield to control possession of the football, so often only play with one striker. There is usually always at least one midfielder whose job is to be more defensive. 6. A goalie can take the ball outside the box, he just can't touch it with his hands. Once a goalie leaves the box, they become like any other player. 7. A tackle is just an attempt to win the ball from the other player by using your feet. 8. Over the past couple of decades they have really tightened the rules up on tackling. It used to be that nay contact first on the ball was considered a good tackle. That is still generally the case, but now if the ref considers it to be using 'excessive force' or 'reckless', even if you win the ball first and then contact the player, you can still give away a foul or even get a card. 9. Free-kicks are not scored 'most of the time', but they are dangerous. 10. The generally ration you hear for scoring penalties is 4 out of 5. 11. For offside, technically there needs to be a minimum of two defensive players between you and the goal when the ball is passed forward to you. However, one of those players is almost always the goalie. Very occasionally, if the goalie comes running out, does a situation occur that seems onside because there was a defender back, but was actually offside because there was only one defender. As I said, this is very rare, so don't worry about it. Just something to bear in mind. 12. Yeah, your view of offside will change as you watch more football. If you took offside out of the game, the entire structure of football would change. 13. Only play extra-time if it is a draw in a cup competition. In a league game, the match finishes after 90mins. If it is a draw, each team gets one point. 14. We do have set-plays, like corners and free-kicks, but they are not that complicated. 15, Finally, the best thing to do is just watch football and listen to what the pundits say in the studio, as they often talk about formations and tactics.

[@MsGeoffh]

extra 30mins only in the knockout stages of major tournaments. in the one going on now it will start applying next week when the group stage is over.

[@panagiotistheodoris4395]

as for the semi-circle outside the box ... this is used to measure distance ... same as the big circle in the centre ... the kick off, the free-kick,the corner kick and penalty are all considered free-kicks and in a free kick all defenders are not allowed to be near the ball ,they must be 9meters (10 yards) away from the ball so that the shoot is not hindered since its free. so those circles have a 9meter radius from the white spot on the penalty and its the minimum distance you can be from the ball in the shootout .also its only a semi-circle because during a penalty noone else is allowed inside the penalty area -the square box- eitherway so it designates the extra area you are not allowed to go so that you are not less than 9 meters away .... the same applies in all free-kicks but there you have the referee to decide the 9meter distance ... and this is where you see the defenders forming the wall.

[@pitipoulpe]

Hi ! Defense, middle or striker are just strategic roles but every one can score, defense players often attack on corners for exemple. And for the offside, the striker can go behind other team's défense, he just has To do it after the Ball leaves his teammate's foot

[@workinginthewell3498]

The curved line outside the box is to prevent any player crossing it when the penalty kick is awarded. You can see all the players standing around the box. And the curved line is there only to assure the distance is the same for every player. As for the defenders scoring goals, they do sometimes. Usually it's after the corner kicks or other set pieces bc they are usually the tallest players on the team.

[@abdullahyousuf4892]

Yes a lot if defenders have scored a lot of goals and can move anywhere but it is a part of stategy and also all the players do almost equal effort fo example you mentioned defenders they also run a lot their job is also tough that is to help keeper protect their goal and avoid attacks of opposite teams

[@dragontriadttv6270]

the offside rule was designed to keep the game competitive because otherwise you would have a player around the penalty box at all times and the chances of it being a team game decrease due to the player always being near the goal. This also acts as a catalyst to improve the players and the tactics involved withing a game. The 30 minutes Extra Time (ET for short) is only in the event of competition where a winner has to be decided in that single game. if there is no winner in that time it goes to penalties (pens for short). there was a time that 3 differences for the extra time existed which were normal- were the 30 mins were played no matter what (2 halves of 15mins), silver goal- if one team scores in the half, the other team has to score to keep the game going and have there chance of winning so if a team scores with no goal from the opponent at the end of the half the team that did score wins, and then there is Golden goal- the first team to score in extra time straight up wins.

[@jasonsmith4114]

Yes, defenders could eventually go on the offensive if needed, you can visualize that as a block of players moving forward, they're not in a static position the goal is to cover important positions to create space when you're attacking while not giving the opponent too many holes in your block that they could use to counterattack if you lose the ball somehow. So it's a technical battle with the ball but a tactical battle as well

[@marceloimperatrice]

the defenders can show in the attack area, yes. It's usual to see the managers using this strategy as a surprise, depending on the position of the other players.

[@zzhungkingzz9569]

The extra minutes that they add to the first and second half to prevent players have intentional to buy some time or make the time go sooner like false injury, dangerous tackle or collision between players or players have an altercation with each other. Those actions could receive a yellow card for warning ⚠️ or a red card ⛔️ to the suspense that individual player/coach for that game and the next match!!! P.S: If this is confusing to you, wait for you to hear “first extra and second extra half”. This only happens if that is a qualified match and it needs to have a winner and a loser but after 90 mins and the score is a draw, then 2 extra halftime will be added. Each extra half is 15 mins and after the first extra half ends. Teams only have a few minutes to get hydrated or talking about strategy with the coach then both teams continue the second extra time. 45+45+15+15=120 mins. After 120 mins and the match hasn’t decided the winner yet then we will have the penalty shootout where skills and luck need to have. Yeah, I’m saying “Luck”!!! It’s nerve-wracking when a player takes a penalty shootout.

[@ricardoxavier1480]

The colors have to standout from the own team and the other team, so they have to be in a very diferent color from the others. They have 2-3 diferent kits for season

[@jjpapasmurf7497]

If you are interested in goalkeeper uniforms, check out Jorge Campos. He was a keeper for México in the 90s. His uniforms are very extravagant to say the least. On top of that, he doubled as a field player when the team needed him to.

[@4400seriesFAN]

The curb on the box (box = penalty area) is a mark for the penalty kick. It marks an area of 9.15m away from the penalty spot (the small dot/circle you see in the penalty area). When a penalty kick is taking place during the game, the ball rests on this circle spot and all the other players (both derenders and attackers) have to be behind the ball and at least 9.15m away from it. The curb is exactly 9.15m away from that spot so it helps define the distance.

[@WKogut]

6:02 No, goalkeepers don't choose their kits. Usually, the kit supplier prepares the set of few kits for the GKs (I guess sometimes the first choice keeper may influence what those look like, but it's mostly between the kit manufacturer and the team) . During the match those have to be different from the colors the refs are wearing obviously. Goalies used to choose what they are wearing e. g. Lev Yashin in 1950s wearing all black and goalies from the 80s wearing colorful patterns to visually distract opposing attackers, but now it's more of a business thing between teams and kit suppliers

[@jayjay4spurs]

The D shape/curve at the edge of the box was designed so that when a penalty was given in a normal 90 minute game that all of the players (except the penalty taker & the opposition goalkeeper) who stand on that D are an equal distance from the penalty spot. In a penalty shootout no players are allowed to stand on the D, they stand in they're own team in a huddle by the halfway line, both keepers take position on the byline (away from the goal) until 1 of the keepers are called to stand in the goal to try to save the penalty from the opposition penalty taker then the keeper swaps place so the opposition keeper takes their turn to stop the penalty taker from scoring a penalty. Extra time only applies to knockout cups or group/knockout cup competitions however in the english league cup there's no extra time if the tie ends in a draw & it goes straight to penalties

[@dakrisis]

In the formations part, the mode of the 4-3-3 was 'attacking', as it had a centre attacking midfielder (CAM) in the middle that was positioned in front of the two regular midfielders (the same happens on the line of attackers). If you place that CAM behind the two regular midfielders you would get a more defensive minded midfield with a centre defending midfielder (CDM). You could also write a defensive 4-3-3 as 4-1-2-1-2 and an attacking 4-3-3 as 4-2-1-2-1. But these formations indicate a more centre line focussed attack, with the fullbacks making runs down the sidelines. With a 4-3-3 you typically play the whole width of the field. There would be for instance only one striker and two wingers who attack from the left and right sideline.

[@dakrisis]

The offside rule is what makes football great. It's about timing the pass. A skilled defence can move up one step at the right time and foil an attack. A skilled passer can bypass a defence with one flick of his boot. No offside would mean going through a single line of defence would be a walk in the park.

[@dakrisis]

The 30 minutes extra (2x15) and the penalty shootout is only used in situations when there's no other way to decide a winner, usually in the knockout stages of tournaments. Regular league matches can just end in a tie. I must say, this video explained a lot but it's quality left a lot to be desired.

[@Warfoki]

About the roles: This is how things go by default, but obviously, if a team is losing, they are likely to send their defenders up on the opponent side too to force a goal. This can be risky, since if the opponent team manages to steal the ball, they can beeline it to the goal with little resistance. On the other hand, if a team is already winning big with multiple goals, sometimes they call the strikers back too to focus on defense. In some last minute desperate attempts, even the goalkeeper can run up to attack and try to score a goal, so these positions aren't enforced by rules, they are just how the team dynamic tends to work, but it can be altered if there's a need. About tackles: generally, players are not allowed to directly attack other players. Pushing, pulling, kicking or hitting other players, if the referee deems it intentional gets a card. Accidents happen, but you are supposed to kick the ball, and ONLY the ball.

[@donkeymarco]

There is an important rules about the goalkeeper that limits the use of hands that was introduced some years ago. The 'back-pass rule' that prohibits goalkeepers from handling the ball if it has been deliberately kicked to them by one of the teammates (or after receiving it directly from a throw-in). The penalty is an indirect free kick.

[@MrSammotube]

Defenders can attack and even go on to score - normally one of the midfielders will drop back to cover defence. Tactics can be fluid or rigid, depending on how the coach sets them up.