Kolek planning to go pro
Muggsy, I know futbol is not your thing. It is the thing for the rest of the planet. This game had two countries with long and glorious histories. It had two of the best players alive having magic moments. It had spectacular goaltending down the stretch. It had comebacks and extra time goals. Billions of people will be talking about this game to their grandchildren.
I don't disagree with that and maybe it's semantics. When I think of "greatest" sporting events ever I look at the quality of play, the odds of both teams or players, and the overall drama. Not how many people watch.
If you are using those subjective terms as metrics, you are just going to get a list of highly personalized opinions. The 1980 Olympic game is a great example. It was wonderful, but shown on tape-delay, and no one outside the United States really cares. Yet, there may be some falconry contest in Mongolia that meant just as much to the participants as that game meant to the United States.So it becomes a rather meaningless excercise.