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Most people know that England’s people love soccer but they look past the fact that it is more than love. Although the English only have one world title to their name soccer is still very near to all their hearts and has played a big part in every ones life. English Premier League Soccer is one of the most watched Leagues of soccer if not the most in the world. Every weak the stadiums of England are filled with thousands of fans and millions more sitting in their homes watching everywhere in the world in cluding my self. Soccer has been in England since 1863 it's a part of their history; they are born into watching soccer and playing it. They don't have many sports in England (about 5 popular and widely played sports including soccer) making another reason to watch or play the sport. There are 20 teams in the English league giving people a lot of teams to choose from to root for. There is nothing soccer doesn't have going for it in this country that is why it is so popular. Also there are always tournaments going on all over the world and England is in almost every one of them and who doesn’t want to see their country play another.   

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Italy as every one knows has a great soccer program and soccer is very popular in their country. They have won 4 world cups only one win behind the leading team Brazil. Now why is soccer so popular there? Writer Jacob Campeau said, “Soccer in Italy is more than just a sport. It is religion. Soccer is just as much as Italian as pasta, wine, or vespas. It is interwoven into national history and is one of the few things that all Italians can agree on.” I couldn’t have said it any better my self, not many countries in the world have there defining moments and what everybody sees them as in sports. It may not seam that big to you, but it is, soccer in Italy is nothing short of a religion or way of life. “Every Italian could tell you a story about their youth, and most likely it would involve soccer. Fond child hood memories revisited might evoke images of school kids congregating on the local soccer pitch, where they would play for hours until the sun went down, and often into the darkness of night, as they searched for that elusive final goal.” Soccer has played apart in every person life in some way in Italy, you couldn't say that about any sport in the U.S.     

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Brazil, when you think of Brazil the thought of soccer fallows close behind considering how popular it is there and how good they are at it. This country has won five   world cups they have the most titles in the world. Brazil has been playing soccer for about 110 years about the same as Argentina, why is it so popular there. In Brazil Soccer is not just a sport; it’s a way of life, a passion that unites the whole country. When the national soccer team is playing, it does not matter if you’re poor or rich, live in the city or in the country, everyone stops to cheer their national soccer team. It helps unite their country and the people in it and it helps to have a team worth cheering for. Soccer in Brazil does all the same key things for the country as it does for Argentina, I wonder if this is a trend threw out South America. I will have to research more South American countries and find out. Soccer is a very helpful countries and I hope to find more articles about how soccer has helped other countries as well.          

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            One Country where soccer is not just apart of some people’s lives but is apart of every ones life, and a huge part of their culture is Argentina. This sport has been played in Argentina about 120 years, Fútbol Argentino is the Argentinian FA, and they were founded in 1893. The sport has been around in this country for a long time but why is it so popular there? People say that it’s the only integrating space in Argentina, and it vigorously drives the patriotic and aids in the creation of the concept of the Patria. Head professor of the course "Popular and Massive Culture" at the University of Buenos Aires, Pablo Alabarces says, “ soccer for Argentina has many circumstances in its favor: it is easy, inviting, universal, completely inclusive and democratic because it doesn’t ask anyone where they came from." In my research I also found that many articles said the soccer is not just popular in Argentina because it's a fun game but it is important for argentines culture, it brings them together you could even say the sport unifies them. As the quote I found from Pablo Alabarces say’s the sport does not ask any one where they came from, it seams the soccer helps put a stop and dampens racial problems in Argentina. This show that soccer really can do amazing things and can even change an entire counties culture for the better.   

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For my I search Project I am going to be researching and bogging about why Soccer is so popular in other countries. Each of my bloggs will be about the specifics of how important soccer is to a certain countries and why they like it so much. Each blog will be about a different country in the world. I am going to talk about the countries where the sport is most popular such as England, Brazil, Argentina, Italia and more. I hope I can find a lot of information for each country to share with you and so that I can learn more about them. I will also talk about the history of soccer in there county and how long soccer has been a part of their culture and how it has effected there country. I hope this will be an interesting topic to learn about and research and I hope to find a lot of interesting new facts and things. 

Match day 4, Valencia and Rangers

Valencia has dismissed the Rangers of Scotland on match day 4 and they truly needed to. The Rangers were the visiting team and they were beaten 3-0. Even though this is a pretty substantial amount of goals for a team to score the goalie of Scotland, Allen McGregor, played very well. He saved shots from Juan Mata, Aritz Aduriz and also Soldado. Also Steven Naismith's two fine efforts, and Mestalla’s which might easily have seen seven or eight goals. Leading Goal scorer Soldado of Valencia said, "This wasn't just a good game for me, the whole team performed really well. A victory like this has been coming for some time because for a couple of weeks we have put in good performances which have not had the goals they merited. “We really went for it from the opening minute and things came off for us because of our attitude and our hunger.” Soldado met a bad corner kick with a left foot strike to make it 1-0. He also had their second goal of the game to make it 2-0. The goal keeper of Scotland said "I am not the kind of player who can have a good game but lose and still be happy. I would rather have the worst game of my life and the team win. The first goal was a letdown because it took an unfortunate bounce off Madjid Bougherra's back and when I got a touch to Soldado's shot all I managed to do was push it past our defender on the line." As you can see this isn’t a man who likes to lose. This quote also shows how unexpected soccer can be, one bad bounce could lead to a goal scoring opportunity, even the worst pass could turn into a great play and goal scoring opportunity.    

Bursaspor

            Well say bye bye to Bursaspor, because they were eliminated from the Champions League. Manchester United is the team that set them on their way as they beat Bursaspor 3-0 in their last game. "We played possession football, kept our cool and that is how we pulled it off," said Evra of England. "“This is our fifth consecutive win and we have every reason to feel confident about the games ahead.” The key man in this match for England was Alex Ferguson with all three of England’s goals in the game (a hat trick). The Goalkeeper of Manchester United said "It's always hectic here in Turkey, but most of the time we were in control," the 40-year-old said. "I remember Bursaspor coming close a couple of times in the first half, but luckily for us the goals came quite easy for us in the second half. I knew they hadn't scored in this year's competition and I can imagine they were looking for a goal against us, but we did our job." There wasn't a person on turkey that could dine that England was the better team. The Turkish team was eliminated with no point to their name. And England moved on with grand total of 10 points and the most total points of their group. Manchester did score a lot but one team was not far behind them, this team was the Rangers of Scotland with 7 points.