For some unknown reason even political tensions and conflicts seem to be moving back leaving free space to the game of millions. It is very hard to find an adequate answer, because many different people would give many different reasons for admiring this game. Football is a very important subject in sociological, psychological and other researches. It is often called the game of poor people, which is absolutely true since it is not necessary to have any special equipment for it and it could be played practically anywhere. On the other hand, it is the game of the middle and the rich classes as well and they love it with the same or at least with a similar passion.
Football is very close to real life and it is a mirror of a society.
Sometimes it can unite a nation and keep its people together as we very well know form the example of Brazil or some countries from other continents. Even in highly developed societies with high level of life this game can unite millions. Of course, football can be seen as a good replacement for real conflicts and wars, especially when games of national teams are played between countries that recently had smaller or bigger disputes. Fortunately, football associations have realized that this evil has to be punished severely and football is again coming back to its basic idea of a friendly competition of two groups of people. EURO 2000 is the living proof of that.