Read the text below and decide which word best fits each space.
Football or soccer is played around the world and it dates back as far as the Middle Ages(восходит к средневековью). At that
season
time+
term
stage
it was very different from the game we play today as any number of players could take part in the matches and it usually developed into a free-for-all. In its modern (2)
shape
fashion
pattern+
form
football is less(меньше) than two hundred years old.
In 1846, the first rules to govern(правила для управления) the game were (3)
made
sent
drawn
given+
up at Cambridge University. The number of players was (4)
checked+
counted
limited
defined
to 11 per side(с каждой стороны), which made things much more orderly than before. Later, in 1863, the Football Association was (5)
called
set
born+
put
up to help promote the game in Britain.
In 1904 FIFA, the world governing (6)
team+
body
collection
group
of football, was founded. It organises the World Cup tournament every four years. Professional football has become the most popular (7)
spectator+
audience
witness
viewer
sport in the world as well as more people play this as a team sport. Other kinds of football are popular, but less (8)
enormous
widespread
vast
large+
, for example American Football and Australian Rules Football.