Why does a football team include 11 people, not 9, 12, or 15? Where did the 90 minutes of playing time come from? How did a penalty appear, or how did the goal nets come about? How did the Champions League, Copa América, and the World Cup start?
This book will shed light on 100 secrets related to the origin and evolution of the most popular sport in the world—100 riddles that you won’t be able to solve with simple searching in online sources.