It is so incredibly rare in today’s age of overhyped sporting events that a championship game lives up to its buildup. Sunday’s World Cup final delivered – and then some.
An estimated TV audience exceeding 1.5 billion was expected to tune in to the highly anticipated Argentina vs France showdown and they got a game for the ages.
Argentina held a comfy 2-0 lead in the 80th minute. Any reasonable viewer assumed Lionel Messi was about to lift the only trophy that had eluded him in his illustrious career and be crowned – at least by many fans and pundits (including this one) – as the greatest player of all time.
