July 5, 2004 5:10 AM

What, you couldn't preempt that infomercial??

Portugal v Greece: Report

Greece, an 80-1 longshot, completed an improbable (some might say impossible) run to the Euro 2004 championship, beating host Portugal for the second time in the tournament.

The year of the underdog was taken to an incredible extreme as Greece completed one of the biggest upsets in international football to lift the Euro 2004 trophy after a 1-0 win over hosts Portugal....

Striker Angelos Charisteas, the man with the golden boots, headed home the 57th-minute winner as the nation of the 'golden generation' suffered extreme pain as their team froze on the big stage. And so a team which had entered the competition as 80-1 outsiders, without a single victory in a major tournament before, produced a truly heroic display to prevail in Lisbon.

Outside of the World Cup final, this was the biggest game in world soccer. So why wasn't it available on American television?

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