Futbol And Football Similarities

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Although these athletics seem to be the same as one another with similar names, football and futbol have multiple key differences and similarities. Football, a sport resembling rugby, uses an egg-shaped, inflated leather ball to score points in multiple ways including a touchdown, safety, field goal, and extra point that originated in America. Futbol, originating in Europe, and known as soccer, uses an oval-shaped leather ball and has players pass the ball with their feet to attempt to shoot into the goal defended by the opposing team's goalie. The sports relate with being a contact sport, going into overtime, and gaining a large fan base. The athletics also differ from proper tackles, ways of sudden death, and location of popularity.

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