Players may be found at fault should they be found deliberately handling the ball, intentionally tripping, kicking or harming their opponent, and even pushing their opponent or excessively tackling their opponent. Depending on the frequency and/or severity of these fouls, the referee may choose to warn the offender or show them either a yellow or red card. Receiving two yellow cards, the equivalent of one red card, will result in their sending off thus their team will be one member short.

Warnings or cards will usually entail the awarding of a free kick where the offended team is given an opportunity to set the ball down at a designated spot to be strategically kicked off. Fouls committed within the penalty area are usually awarded a penalty kick where a player is given a goal-scoring opportunity from a fixed spot directly in front of the goal. It is then up to the goalkeeper alone to ensure that the ball does not enter his team’s goal.

Sometimes, the fouls committed are serious enough to necessitate the paying of a fine or suspension of a player for a predetermined number of matches. Expulsion from the playing field is not only limited to those playing as any misconduct on the coaches’ part may also result in their expulsion from their team’s technical area.

Football refers to a number of games which are played with a round or an oval shaped inflated ball between two teams. It is a game that takes its origin from early Greek period games that made use of a ball to play;

Harpaston and Harpastrum being two of such games. Romans also used to play the same sort of game. These games are played even today in some parts of the world like Tuscany and Florence but are known by the name of Calico. In spite of ban on the game by various states and rulers from time to time, the game has evolved as a popular and the most played and watched game in the history of the world. It has more than 40 million registered players and is played in more than 150 nations across the world.

Today when we talk about football game it may mean different games; it may be American Football, Australian Football, Canadian Football, Gaelic Football or Rugby. Each of the game has its rules and numbers of players also vary from game to game. It may be eleven in one football game and may be nineteen in other. In broader terms football game refers to two types of games; Soccer – the name by which most of the people know this game, and Rugby.

Soccer: Soccer is a football game which is played by kicking the ball. It is also known as American football or association football. There are two teams and number of players in each team is eleven. Players are not allowed to make use of hands and arms and if they do so it is considered to be a foul. Only goalkeeper can use his hands and arms to stop other team goal. One game is divided into two halves each comprising of two quarters of fifteen minute length like an hour. The teams make use of various skills and strategies to do greater number of goals against the opponent team and to stop the other team from doing so. In the end team with greater number of points wins.

Rugby: It is a variant of the original football game that originated in early eighties. This game is played between two games and carrying the ball and tackling is considered as exclusive of fouls.

Football is a rugged game that needs players to make use of tactics like blocking and tackling sometimes putting the safety of the players at stake. In order to ensure the safety of the players rules of the game keep changing. It was in 1863 when first set of rules was defined to play the football game. Over the time various professional league appeared on the horizon of this game; FIFA being the most popular one that hosts football world cup every four years for the football lovers across the globe.