Book ExcerptSpain is out of the running for the 2014 world cup soccer championship. The economy was already bad & now this fall from grace.
Author InsightCurrent AffairsAfter a long time the Spanish have something to celebrate. After losing out early in the last world cup (2014), they have regained their pride by winning the champions league title, so what if it is club football. A win is a win, and Spain is multi-cultural, so how does it matter where Lionel Messi is from.
Now to the aspect of naming of the game. Should it be called football or soccer. Before blaming the Americans, read more on the origin of the word
soccer. I vote that starting today the game should be called
futball