The language without words

yet everyone understands it.

Where a pitch is the page

and the players are the authors.

Each new game is another story.

Once the ball is in play, 

it doesn't matter whom you are,

how rich you are,

to whom you pray,

from where you are

or whom you love.

Character is based on

if after you knock someone down,

you help him back up

with an apology and a hug

or kick him while

he’s down with grass in his mouth.

 

Football

is the game of the poor

game of the rich,

game of the Africans,

game of the North Americans,

game of the Asians,

game of the Europeans,

game of the South Americans,

game of the Christians,

game of the Jews,

game of the Muslims, 

game of the proud,

game of the loud,

game of the silent, 

game of everyone,

the game of the world.