Regular season games end at 90 minutes, even if the scoreline is level. The team that scores the most goals in the 90 minutes wins the game. The team also get a goal if an opponent sends the ball into their own goal by mistake. For competitive games, a net is connected to the posts and crossbar to stop the ball after it has crossed the goal line.Īny of a team's 11 players on the pitch can score a goal, which adds one to the team's total. The goal has two upright posts and a horizontal bar connecting them known as the crossbar and is placed in the middle of the goal line. A standard game lasts 90 minutes, split into two halves of 45 minutes. The object of the game is to move the ball up the pitch and beyond the goal line of your opponent's goal. Artificial surfaces are very rarely used at professional level.
The lines at either end of the pitch are called the goal lines, the lines perpendicular to the goal lines are called the touchlines. The size of the pitch for international adult category matches can be between 110-120 yards long and 70-80 yards wide. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at either end.
It is particularly popular in Europe, Central and South America, and Africa, though has a growing influence in North America and Asia. Soccer is the world's most popular sport, played by over 250 million people in more than 200 countries. Germany's top flight has seen its fair share of gifted goal-getters over the years, but who are the best of the best? Show more
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