The future of soccer

It is challenging to say what remains to improve in the current world structure of the footballing world. The inclination is that it is as if the world has come so much to understand the norms of football such that any attempt to change the sport as people currently understand it would face a lot of resistance. One of the ways is that there have been suggestions that there should be a change in the time of the sport, from the normal ninety minutes to sixty minutes. Why? It is because the sport gets to enjoy sixty minutes of uninterrupted action, and hence the premise for this change. Where does the rest of the minutes go? They are utilized in the common fouls, free kicks, throw-ins among other traits that characterize the sport.




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The change has not stopped at that. In the upcoming World Cup, there will the use of video refereeing, a technological innovation that will be utilized to help the center and line referees make the most appropriate decisions in the game. It does not stop at that; the technology will also help the referees will also use these techniques to detect aspects such as simulation and the validity of any actions that are undertaken during the game.

With the event to be held in Russia, there has been a social inclination on what this may portend in line with racism and fears of violence. It has been a trend that has been observed across many matches that have been staged in Russia in which the local population has been accused of attacking the other fans by race and ethnicity. It brings to focus why these issues are recurring in this era of civilization and modernity, and what can be done.

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Consequently, some issues have not been addressed. Violence has continued to be an issue that the sport contends with, and the upcoming World Cup will be an interesting scenario that will offer some premise on the way forward. The world has united to shun all these social ills, including racism through campaigns such as EqualFootball all aimed at ensuring that people have tolerance and embrace the spirit of the game. Well, football has come a long way to where it is at the moment, but one thing that should not be in doubt is that its resiliency continues to shape the world.

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