... aggressive play in a football match would lead to an aggressive response, therefore a correlation was found, in addition evidence showing that a positive correlation exists. Introduction Aggression is a type of Anti-social behavior. It can be defined into three aspects. Antisocial aggression which is the behavior intended to inflict physical or psychological harm on other individual who does not want to be so treated. Prosocial aggression would also cause the physical or psychological harm to someone, but the intention is to protect someone out of harm, for example, police shoot a terrorist in order to rescue the hostages. Sanctioned aggression which the intention is self-defense. In sport psychology, the distinction between different aggressions is similar. It concerns the intention of the behavior. Baron (1977) suggested that in sport, hostile aggression takes place when the primary intention of the behavior is to harm the other player, while Instrumental aggression ...

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