Which country did football originate from?

Ancient football originated in China, while modern football originated in England. Football is a sport in which the feet are the mainstay, controlling and dominating the ball, and the two teams attack and defend on the same rectangular court according to certain rules. Football is called "the first sport in the world" because of its strong antagonism, changeable tactics and large number of participants. As early as July 1958, Dr. Havelange, former president of FIFA, said when he came to China that football originated in China. Later, at the opening ceremony of the first "Koda Cup" World Youth Football Championship held in China from 65438 to 0985, he once again admitted this fact. At that time, Dr. Havelange said in his speech that football originated in China with a history of more than 2,000 years, which is indisputable. In addition, Pele, former FIFA President Blatter and other people in the football field have also admitted on different occasions that football originated in China. Ancient Cuju is introduced in detail: Ancient football originated from Qi State in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and was named Cuju at that time. In the Han Dynasty, cuju was a means of training soldiers. People divide the game of Cuju into two teams, each with its own offense and defense, and the number of kicks into the opponent's bow room determines the outcome. Cuju has taken many forms in the Tang Dynasty, such as "bowing" based on the number of times of heading the ball, "beating in vain" in the center of the court, "jumping the bow" in which many people participate in fighting, and the game of setting up the goal. In this way, each team has a certain number of people and a fixed position, and it is stipulated that players can only play in their own positions and cannot move. At the same time, cuju and Buddhism spread to Japan, and the usage of calling football "cuju" can still be seen in Japanese and Korean, which is influenced by China.