Are you a football fan, and you think that you know everything about your favorite sport? Here are some interesting football facts for you, just in time for the next World Cup. The only player on the pitch who’s allowed to touch the ball is the goalkeeper and you can easily identify them by the different colors of their jerseys. For 120 years, the football shape and size have not changed, seeing as this will affect the athlete’s overall performance. A striker cannot wear the number 1 jersey – that number is reserved for goalkeepers only. #brightside Credit: CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0: di Maria: By Fanny Schertzer, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19869407 Brazil: By Danilo Borges, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33762772 CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0: Al Rayyan: By Doha Stadium Plus Qatar – https://flic.kr/p/cW5FWo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33054683 Kazu Miura: By kanegen, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26697862 Ballplayer: By Daniel Lobo – https://flic.kr/p/mVzYZ, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2997588 Copa América: By Palácio do Planalto – https://flic.kr/p/2gehBXZ, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79712293 Brasil: By Agência Brasil Fotografias, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50488641 CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Voetbalwedstrijd: By Open Images project, https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/785608 Neuer: By Steindy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15632359 FC Barcelona: By Shai Pal, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18805723 Champions: By Tânia Rêgo/ABr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27027816 CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0: Zanetti: By Aky il grande, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41104720
Ovono: By Happiraphael, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=118395574 Team Germany: By Granada, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69807688 Zola: By Saiflee100, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34204641 CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0: Ronaldo: By Oleg Dubyna, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62175838 Kazuyoshi Miura: By norio nakayama, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49741735 Stadium: By Dennis Jarvis – https://flic.kr/p/4o1kRN, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66954635 Diego Forlan: By Jimmy Baikovicius – https://flic.kr/p/fPbcTY, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28228574 By Antoine Dellenbach: Neymar Jr: https://flic.kr/p/XnmJHA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63423052 Neymar PSG: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63423051 Neymar Jr 2: https://flic.kr/p/XnmJkw, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63446495 Animation is created by Bright Side.
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