Why——you may wonder——should football be the most popular sport in the world? Because it makes so many people crazy--we can see clearly from the enormous number of football fanswho love football and regard it as their life.

 

　　Football, referred to nowadays, originated from Britain and Britain now boasts the best football league in the world-- England Premium League. As the most influential league in the world, England Premium League attracts a lot of people including me. I don‘t want to discuss more about the league since its success is known throughout the world. What I am willing to mention is that it changes my life and I think the number of the people who have the same thought as me is tremendous.

 

　　As a zealous fan of Manchester United, I love Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo and all other MUplayers. Watching their performance on TV is my happiest time at every weekend. I can still remember the European Champion Cup Final in 1999, Manchester United vs Bayern Munich. Basler scored a free kick in the first half. In the second half, Manchester United tried their best to score a goal but in vain. I was nearly in despair when the score was 0 ： 1 in the 90th minute. But in the extra time, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored two excellent goals. Manchester United Won. This match shocked the world and the wonder match will be my sweet memory forever.

 

　　Football enriches the life of all the fans but some complain that football has become much more commercialized than before and to some extent football is merely a machine to make money.In my point of view, this argument cannot be neglected. It is true that football is not merely a sport nowadays, it is an industry. I believe and I am sure that football in itself is pure;the football pitch is pure; the fans and spectators are pure. All these, no one could deny. The summer transfer market this year is not calm. When Russian Monopoly, chairman of FC Chelsea Roman Abramovic spent more than 100 million pounds to buy world class football players, many people feel sad, saying that football is just a toy of the rich. I don‘t quite agree. If football continues to bring happiness to the fans, football is still football itself.

 

　　FIFA Football World Cup is, by no means, a festival for all football players and fans. As a game which can be compared with the Olympic Games, world cup is held once every four years.What should be mentioned is that Chinese National Football Team played on the stage of world cup for the first time last year. Though they lost all 3 matches, as a Chinese, I am proud of them. They really did their best. I absolutely trust that the future of Chinese football is splendid.

 

　　FIFA links the world by means of football and sometimes football creates goodwill on the pitch. During the match, nation,race, religion, etc are no longer important. When IRAN and USA football team met in World Cup 98, they played a peaceful match and spread the signal of peace to the world. You may ask why. I believe that in the 90 minutes, what occupies their minds is not hatred but the game itself. Football also triggers the national spirit. In this aspect, Korean people shock me. During World Cup 2002, the symbol of South Korea is red. People, old and young, male and female, wearing red, support their national football team. This picture spreads throughout the world and Iam deeply touched.

 

　　No one could give football an accurate definition. What is football? A battle or just a game? A moneymaking machine or just a small trick? No one knows. But one thing is true is beautiful. It is a magic of the world.