It was my first day in school. I was very nervous and shy as I entered my first class. I could see none of them were Asian or Indonesian. They were all Australian instead. Contrary to what I thought, they were all very friendly. They started to talk about my favorite sport, so I told them that I liked football and then asked them whether they played football or not. Later I was asked to play football with them, but I was startled to discover that my football was different from theirs. What I meant by football was soccer and what they meant was Australian football. After one my Australian friend explained the differences between soccer and football, I started to realize that football and soccer are different in tactics, rules and also styles.

The most significant difference between soccer and football is the tactics. Formations are the...