Interesting Facts About Football
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16 . Only Americans and Canadians call football “soccer”.
17 . Pele was the first to call football “the beautiful game”.
18 . In 1998, lightening killed an entire football team. The catastrophe occurred in Congo during a match between the villages of Bena Tshadi and nearby Basangana.
19 . England came up with the word “soccer”. It’s a shortened version of “Association Football” that was changed to “Assoc Football”. This was changed to “Soccer”. In 19th century England, it was popular to add the “-er” sound to shortened words.
20 . In 1964, a referee’s call during a football match in Peru caused a riot that killed over 300 people.
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