For people who play football - it is a hobby, life, hobby or profession. Everyone who plays football means something to him, but the main thing is that he plays this wonderful sport. In professional football we will find not only fans of this sport, but a real football player for whom football is a life, a job with a very high salary and thousands or even millions of fans who believe in you and in your victory on the field.
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