Football+in+Italy+and+in+Croatia

Tatjana's paragraph

Although modern football first appeared in England in the 1850s, it soon spread and became popular in many European countries, including Italy and Croatia. We can say that these two countries have a (relatively) long tradition of organizing football matches and their own football cups. The majority of Italians and Croatians like watching football matches; this sport is very well supported in the media, in fact there are some TV shows dedicated only to football. Often famous people and politicians, even presidents, visit some more important football matches. Children get familiar with this sport very soon and their parents encourage them to take up this sport. In football summer camps, children find out more about this sport, the discipline it requires, the exercises and there they also get to meet their favourite football players. Not to forget, football became even popular in Italy and Croatia recently with the success these countries had in the World Cup. In 2006, Italy won the Cup and in 1998 Croatia won the third place in it.

Sports-Football