Soccer has become more popular throughout the years. The World Cup 2010 in South Africa showed that soccer can bring all kind of people together and is therefore an enrichment . In other words, soccer can have beneficial effects in terms of social aspects. Soccer is much more than just a sport. I want to refer to the fact that people learn and acquire different skills. One of the skills, that is is necessary in order to succeed is the team spirit. Team spirtit is crucial for a team to succeed. All the team players are to collaborate with each other in order tp accomplish great things. It is not about the individual qualities that a team can win a cup, but it is rather due to the support that everybody gives to his teammate. In the World Cup 2010, we had some good examples as to how the absence of teamspirit can have devastating consequences on the team. A very good example that sprang out mind is France. Throughout the last years, France was always classified in the category of the potential World Cup Winners. This due to the numerous great indivualists such as Ribery, Benzema and various other ones. These players proved to be capable of playing great matches and to be the decisive factors in a team. However, as you know ,things turned out different and France got knocked out in the group phase, which was a terrible experience for the French. After the knock-out, people analyzed the situation and came to the result that the French team did not possess this teamspirit.