Honestly, I think of soccer/football as being kind of like baseball. It looks really boring if you don't know what to watch for, but becomes interesting if you

Honestly, I think of soccer/football as being kind of like baseball. It looks really boring if you don't know what to watch for, but becomes interesting if you do. E.g. when one of your strikers is about to make a shot on goal, opposing strikers will likely move in anticipation that the goaltender might recover the ball and set up their own attack. Your defenders will need to move in response to this; if they mistake the play being set up, this can be a significant disadvantage. However, unless you recognize the play being set up, you don't see any of this and it just looks like a failed goal attempt. Disclaimer: I don't actually know much about soccer/football, and am paraphrasing an explanation from memory.