Maradona hushed argentina teammates and told them stop. Maradona pleads for hand of god to end coronavirus. But there was more to this goal and match than a single act of larceny. Diego maradona scored one of the most underhanded goals in world cup history in 1986. The life of diego maradona new edition by burns, jimmy isbn. The biography of argentine soccer sensation diego maradonas life, from. After the match, he explained the goal came a little with the head of maradona and a little with the hand of god.
Replays showed maradona used his left fist, not his head, to score. Now, three decades later, maradona, at his unapologetic best, is out with. The first goal, after 51 minutes, was to become known as the hand of god goal, which maradona scored by using his hand. The goal took place on june 22, 1986, at the azteca stadium in mexico city. Diego maradona insists var wouldnt rule out infamous hand of.
Four minutes later, maradona scored a stunning solo goal to notch his brace. Argentina has been in lockdown since march 20 against the. Maradona asks for hand of god to end coronavirus pandemic. Pumpido scampered after him in hot pursuit, but was soon written out of the story as. Thenargentine captain maradona responded to the controversy over his goal at the world cup in mexico by saying it was the hand of god. The world cup winner referred to his handassisted goal in the 1986 world cup. The cheeky argentinian famously said after the match that the goal had been scored a little with the head of maradona, and a little with the hand of god. His second, four minutes after his first, saw him dribble past five england players, beardsley, reid, butcher, fenwick, butcher again, and finally goalkeeper peter shilton, and became known as the goal of the century.
Cup win in a book called asi ganamos how we won in english. Maradona pleads for hand of god to end coronavirus pandemic. Diego maradona hushed his teammates when they asked him id he handballed the hand of god goal 2 the argentine told teammates to stop busting my balls after they spotted the blatant bit of cheating. Argentinas diego maradona right flies past england goalkeeper peter shilton after using his fist to score the opening goal, the infamous hand of god goal, in the quarterfinal against england. Diego maradona scoring his hand of god goal past england. Now, in the 1986 world cup held in mexico, maradona is known for scoring the hand of god goal where he deliberately punched the ball into england net and got away with it. Maradona s infamous hand of god goal helped knock england out of the 1986 world cup picture. He scored some brilliant goals and cheated with others.
Under association football rules, maradona should have received a yellow card for a clear handball incident and the goal disallowed. The hand of god is the name given to the illegal football goal scored by argentinian footballer diego armando maradona in the quarterfinal match between argentina and england during the 1986 world cup. The next campaign, immediately after the world cup, they won the. Argentina went on to beat england 21 in the quarterfinal. After the match, diego maradona stated that the goal was scored, a little with his head, and a little with the hand of god. Even the hand of god, though, started with a bit of maradona brilliance. Under association football rules, maradona should have received a yellow card for a clear handball incident and the. We are talking, of course, about the hand of god, as maradona dubbed the opening goal himself after punching an aerial ball past england goalkeeper peter shilton. Diego maradona has another cheeky dig over hand of god goal as he insists. Getty football legend diego maradona wishes a hand of god would help the world defeat the.
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