I love watching world class soccer- makes a person at least understand its popularity when seen played at that level. Unfortunately we see too much western hemisphere soccer with the awful writhing and rolling across the pitch after being grazed (I'm looking at you, central and South American teams).
I know its not for everyone but for those who take a little time to learn a little bit about it and watch a couple matches at the world class level you understand why its called the beautiful game.