How do you say soccer in Turkish?
How is Turkey's soccer team doing?

ayaktopu is very weird. maybe it should be ayaktopu from the perspective of defensive Turkish language masters. but the common word is futbol.

Selam:
I understand the commom word, put what if she really prefers the turkish slang word better, and add vocabulary to her understanding of turkish language?
güle güle

We can't really change loan words that have been very strongly integrated into our language.

Changing 'futbol' to 'ayaktopu', 'televizyon' to 'göstergeç', etc. is very difficult after this stage. Long time ago, I think in 1960's there was a Turkish word 'refigiratör' but later we changed this into 'buzdolabı'.

This was possible because refigiratör was only known among posh İstanbul folks. It was not common and was relatively new. It looks like it is too late to change futbol. Maybe we can concentrate on yazıcı, tarayıcı, fare, ekran, etc.

I live in London and here nobody knows that doner and yogurt are originally Turkish words. Most people think doner is Indian and most yogurt in supermarkets is sold as "Greek Style".

Döner comes from dönmek (to turn) and yoğurt comes from yoğurmak (to knead). They are Turkish words. Abroad Turkia is pictured as an Arabic country and when somebody says mediterranean Turkia is probably the last place people think of. We are more mediterranean and European than we are Arabic but we need to stop being pictured with kebap, belly dance, baklava, hamam and wrestling.