Stretching before games.

[Peter Renn]

UI think stretching is necessary before doing the other training like cardio n practice match, like in reality, u need warm up before start training. U watch worldcup? So u see what all the guys doing before the referee starts the game... WARM UP = stretching
And i dont think they do it for fun... U played football urself, then u would know what people do before the actual training starts...