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If you’re new to soccer, you may be wondering what is a forced turnover in soccer.

Now if you are familiar with American Football and Basketball.

You will know that the last thing you want to do.

Is turn the ball over.

And while the consequences aren’t always severe in soccer when turning it over.

As compared to the likes of American Football.

Where the other team could score a touchdown off the back of an error.

In soccer, it can still have a drastic impact on the outcome.

As a result, it’s important for anyone playing or watching to understand the concept.

So if you are wondering what exactly a Forced Turnover is?

How to identify them?

And if you are looking to be a player yourself, how to prevent them?

Well, you have come to the right place, as I will go through everything you need to know in this post.

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Ever tuned into a game of Soccer, that got you wondering how long do soccer games last on TV?

Well, today I will be covering everything you need to know about the length of one of the world’s famous sports.

Now this is funnily enough a question I get asked a lot.

Typically by members of my family, who basically want to get access to the TV.

For your average soccer match, it will last anywhere between 90 and 120 minutes.

With 99 per cent of the time, more towards that former number than the latter.

However, while a game lasts for that time.

Just like in other sports, due to incidents that may take place in the game.

Whether that be substitutes, injuries or delays.

The game can last even longer.

Now with that said, let’s delve a little deeper into the duration of soccer games on TV.

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Ever wondered why doesn’t soccer stop the clock?

Well if you have found yourself watching a game.

Only to be scratching your head due to the fact that the time keeps ticking on.

Well, let me tell you there is a reason for it.

Now unlike other sports soccer is very different.

For one you don’t have the time outs that are associated with Americanised sports, such as American Football and Basketball.

So because of this, it can be weird to see a free-flowing ball game, that only stops on two occasions in the game.

Within this post, I am going to explain why exactly the beautiful game works like this.

As well the pros and cons of it too.

So without further ado let’s get right into it.

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Players run to the corner after scoring a goal – why?

Well having done this myself.

When I have managed to score, I have a good idea why exactly players do this.

Now first things first, when you score you are filled with so many emotions.

You get this rush of excitement, that makes you want to the corner flag and hug your teammates to celebrate scoring.

This is not the only reason why a footballer does this.

Secondly going to the corner means it takes longer for the opponents to get the ball back in play.

As you will be far in the corner.

This gives the team that scores the opportunity to regroup too.

To give you a little example, if Team A scored let’s say they were one goal ahead.

If Player X scored and their teammates went all the way to the corner to celebrate.

Team B would need to wait until all opposing players had made their way back to their own half.

So as you can see there are two reasons for this.

One for joy and the other for tactics.

With that said though let’s delve a little deeper into the goal celebration.

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