FUTSAL

• Five a side football
• It was developed in Brazil and Uruguay in the 1930s and 1940s.
• Unlimited substitutions are permitted
• Futsal is also played with a smaller ball with less bounce than a regular football due to the surface of the pitch.
• Futsal comes from the Portuguese futebol de salão, which can be translated as "hall football"

• A standard match consists of two equal periods of 20 minutes
• The length of either half is extended to allow penalty kicks to be taken or a direct free kick to be taken against a team that has committed more than five fouls. The interval between the two halves cannot exceed 15 minutes
• Unlike football, there is no offside rule in futsal. Attackers can get much closer to the goal than they can in the traditional outdoor version of football