American football played
American football, the sport with the most fans in the United States, reaches its climax this Sunday, when the San Francisco 49ers face the Kansas City Chiefs in the city of Miami . With more than 100 million people on the screen, it is the most followed television event in the US, which also ignites passions in Mexico, Canada and other (few) regions of the world. If you do not understand the rules of American football well and do not want to miss the actions of this sport, you can follow this explanation of its key points. You will see that, contrary to popular belief, it is not complicated at all. The match between two teams - of 11 players each - is played on a 100-yard court divided into segments of 10 , with an oval or ovoid ball. At each end is a end zone and a three-post goal where field goals are scored. Basic notion 1: the goal of each team is to get the m...