Football is more than just a sport. For fans of the beautiful game, it is almost a religion, they follow matches with devotion and follow their team's every move with avidity. FIFA says that about five billion people worldwide consider themselves football fans. The 2022 World Cup final in Qatar was watched by 1.5 billion viewers and 220 million fans attend matches annually. Football, which is talked about in every corner of the world as an industry, is worth 35.3 billion euros in Europe alone.