{"id":1786,"date":"2012-10-12T11:51:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T11:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1786"},"modified":"2012-10-12T11:51:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T11:51:14","slug":"new-scorching-version-of-football-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/new-scorching-version-of-football-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8216;scorching&#8217; version of football unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football is often called the beautiful game and is undoubtedly one of the most popular sports in the world.<\/p>\n<p>However, a bunch of students from Indonesia have shown they are willing to play a more extreme version of the pastime.<\/p>\n<p>The game they play is similar to beach football, with one subtle difference &ndash; they use a coconut that is set on fire as the ball!<\/p>\n<p>Match organiser Ali Akhyar said: &quot;We make a fireball to test the guts of the students.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Individuals have to spend 21 days preparing to take part in the contest and during this time period they pray, fast and learn how to tame fire.<\/p>\n<p>They typically go through six coconuts in a 60-minute game and it is clear that this sport is not for the faint hearted.<\/p>\n<p>I'm sure if asked most people would say they would prefer to play a normal game of football over this inferno version any day of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Samantha Thompson<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801468273-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801468273\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players use a burning coconut instead of a regular football when playing the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New &#039;scorching&#039; 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