FOOTBALL CULTURES
FOOTBALL CULTURES
Nowadays there are many people living in the world and these people are different from each other. These people eat different foods, listen to different music, do different jobs, and they have different views. However, these people have one thing in common, and that is football. From past to present, countries have played and continue to play football, and all countries have their own football culture. Football cultures of countries are creating football. For example, these football cultures create countries’ football style, football strategies, perspective on football and place of football in their life. Also, football culture has a huge impact on football, it has the biggest role in winning and losing matches. That is why football culture is very important for people.
Football culture includes many groups. For example, football associations, leagues, clubs, club chairpersons, managers, coaches, football players and fans, but the importance of these groups can be different. Some countries look at football from a commercial point of view, and some countries look at football as a matter of pride. For example, England was not successful before, but now it is the best country in football because it has a different football culture. In the early 2000s, English clubs changed their perspective on football, and they sold the clubs to businessmen. After that, these businessmen bought football players more easily than other clubs, and they added them to their teams thanks to their money. Then they became stronger than other countries’ teams. If we look at Turkey, we can see clubs can never be sold because this is unacceptable in Turkish football culture. That is why Turkish clubs look poor to English clubs, and this is just one of the effects of football culture on football. Also, football culture affects football tactics. Some countries’ clubs play very defensive or very offensive. This game tactics change according to football culture of the countries. For example, Italian defense is very famous in football because Italian clubs usually play very defensive. They have learned to play football defensive, and it was always like this. Also, they won The World Cup 4 times with this tactic, but some countries prefer offensive football, and they want to attack and score. For example, scoring goals are the biggest goal for Spanish clubs, and attacking football is very important to them.
As a result, football has always been an important thing in the world. It has a great history, and this history has given countries different football cultures. Different football cultures give importance to football and these differences provide competition in football. Football cultures can be different, but in the end, football keeps people together with sport.