Some of the best sporting contests I remember have been low scoring affairs, even in games that typically score much higher than soccer. A score in a typical r

Some of the best sporting contests I remember have been low scoring affairs, even in games that typically score much higher than soccer. A score in a typical rugby league match would 6-16, 24-18, 32-30, etc, but my favorite game of all time was 2-0. This was an annual State of Origin match which is already an extremely tense and hard fought grudge match, but this one was just sitting on a knife's edge from kick off to full time with both sides possibly only a small mistake away from throwing the game away. Another stand out was the 2011 Rugby (different sport to rugby league) World Cup final where New Zealand beat France 8-7 with only a single try each. France just kept coming and just about had the ball to themselves for last twenty minutes but the NZ defense miraculously kept them out of field goal range. Similarly with soccer, many of the best games are that one where your team miraculously keeps out a barrage of good shots on goes on to win or to eek out a draw.