While @ESPN_BillC points to the 1982 World Cup as the greatest ever, there is much more about that event that makes it so significant, such as the geopolitical overlap of its time, and the inclusion of Mick Jagger, and much more, all which was captured in this 1982 article... 🧵
This is how Roger Aronoff described it: "an almost magical convergence of history, politics, symbolism and Rock ‘n’ Roll … as a reminder of a different time—a Cold War World Cup—when sports imitated life, and life imitated sports."
https://t.co/CV05s5LjyU