The phrase "historic match" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a significant or memorable match, often used in the context of sports or competition. Example: The players were exhausted but elated after the historic match that went into overtime and ended in a tie.
It may not be enough to make it a historic match.
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan on Wednesday announced the date for the historic match.
"I'm glad I did, since it turned out to be a historic match, but it wasn't one of the highlights of my journalistic career".
With so many cable channels to fill, so much beer to sell, the tub-thumpers bombard the general populace with the Thrilla in Topeka, the Showdown in Roman numerals, the historic match from last week or last month.
"This is a historic match for us, and we're taking it very seriously," Coach Octavio Zambrano said about Wednesday night's match against Venezuela's Deportivo ItalChacao at Giants Stadium in the Copa Merconorte.
As I settled into my first-class seat, I observed the pricey laptops, cellphones, sunglasses and sweaters and realized most of the passengers were youthful Chinese on vacation, taking in this historic match.
Of all the historic match-ups, Tilden versus Borg remains the most intriguing.
On it, games — often re-creations of historic matches — are played out in slow sequence, with pieces moved weekly by a worker in a cherry picker.
Displayed on large flat monitors mounted onto the walls, the players' hands inhabit the screen as actors would, engaging in historic matches.
It was in May 1996 that the century-old division between the codes began to break down with the two historic matches between Bath and Wigan and the latter's crushing victory in the Middlesex Sevens.
Fondest memory of France Lyon, Annecy, driving along the Côte d'Azur with the Clash on at full blast, covering enthralling and sometimes historic matches (Iceland's debut, Albania's first victory, Northern Ireland's defeat of Ukraine) and the stirring rendition of La Marseillaise before France's win over the Republic of Ireland.
