It all depends on the country you happen to be in. The British call it ‘football’, whereas ‘soccer’ is the go-to term used in the USA, Canada, Australia and Ireland. The word ‘football’ originated in 1863, which was when the English Football Association laid down the rules for this new sport. To set it apart […]
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Well, that depends on where you are. In Switzerland and Austria, the term ‘Penalty’ is used, whereas in Germany you will almost always hear ‘Elfmeter’. The reasons for this are historical: when football spread from England to the European continent, nationalist ideas where very popular in the German Empire. Consequently, they tried to find German-language
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