Qatar World Cup has finally begun!
World Cup, full name FIFA World Cup, is a global football competition led and organized by International Football Federation ; the largest, most influential and highest-level national team football competition in the world.
Football is a very charming activity. It can make people go crazy with the athletes running, and it can also make fans unite like a family.
Why is football so popular?
Why do people fall in love with the team so much that losing a game will ruin their mood for the day?
Today, let’s talk about psychology in football.
Figure｜TFC Stadiums
Cambridge University psychologist Sander van der Linden believes that all football-related behaviors are attributed to Group psychology and identity: People get meaning from different groups and define who we are through the groups we belong to.
Suppose a room is full of people. If half of the people in the room are given red T-shirts and half of the people are given yellow T-shirts, then the person wearing yellow T-shirts will begin to distinguish and identify with other people wearing yellow T-shirts. Such a sense of identity can be quickly established when people with yellow T-shirts have nothing in common. Not only that, the group of people with yellow T-shirts will slowly begin to dislike the group of people wearing red T-shirts. This is how and why inter-group conflict begins.
In football matches, these processes of characterization, recognition and comparison are very common. We classify ourselves, identify with the group we belong to, and then start comparing ourselves to other groups.
Structural conditions of football matches enhances these characteristics:
Fans like to wear their favorite team t-shirts, which makes it easy to identify fans of the same team and fans of other teams.
In the game venue, fans of the same team will also sit on the same side, enhancing this sense of group identity.
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What other reasons make people so crazy about football?
Social
The social element contained in football is undeniable. Many friends will gather to watch their favorite team play.
Many restaurants and bars will also play these games on the big screen, attracting customers and providing beer or drinks of different prices, allowing more people to participate in football social .
Passion
The passion people feel when watching football games are incredible and indescribable. Every move, every tackle, pass or dribble can lead to an amazing goal that makes everyone crazy for celebrating.
Whenever you watch your favorite team play on the court, this excitement is what attracts people the most.
Player Attraction
The greatest player in history is still remembered by fans even after retirement. The reason they were able to become legends is because of their talent and passion for the sport.
These players inspired many young people to participate in the sport of football and became famous in the football world.
Team building
Football is a team sport where players need to work together with their teammates to succeed.
This can teach us a lot about the importance of working together and working for a common goal. The more you play football, the stronger our personality will become.
This allows people to better exercise teamwork skills in their subsequent study and work .
Excitement
Football is a very exciting sport. No matter how tight the defense is, is likely to score some unexpected goals in every game .It is also common for players to be injured. So this makes fans who are watching games at home or at the stadium even more excited.
These uncertain factors mean that players may be replaced during the game, making the results of the game unpredictable.
It is safe to say that has few sports that are as exciting as football!
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Football industry is huge. Millions of spectators flock to the stadium every year to watch the game in person.
Whether it is an ordinary fan or someone who follows it devoutly, this kind of wonder is amazing.
Football has become a deeply rooted sport in the world culture and will continue to exist in the years to come.
Which team do you support in this year's Qatar World Cup?
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Reference (Reference)
https://soofootball.com/the-psyc hology-of-football-fanaticism-with-5-reasons/
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/psychology-fanatic-football-fans
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