I have to say this though, as it made me laugh. At some point in this farce, someone pointed me to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section. What did I find? "The notability of the article's subject is usually established in the first few sentences." All I can say is, my version complied with that. Easily. The current version - not so much. Unless there's something about the referee or the half-time score or the fact both teams were undefeated that is extremely relevant here.