2006-07-09 01:14:27 · 6 answers · asked by Ricky 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Argentinian Football
By this goal argentina won the 1986 FIFA world cup beating Germany.
2006-07-09 01:17:19 · update #1
It wasn't his best goal of the game -- Diego Maradona saved that for later -- but it became perhaps the most famous (or, for England, infamous) one in World Cup history.
The quarterfinal against Argentina on June 22, 1986, was the countries' first meeting on a pitch since the Falklands War four years earlier. There were fights among some of the 114,580 spectators in Mexico City's Aztec Stadium but no incidents on the field.
Five minutes into the scoreless second half, Maradona attempted to play the ball into the penalty area, but English midfielder Steve Hodge beat him to the ball and looped it back toward goalkeeper Peter Shilton.
In a flash, Maradona caught up to the pass, arriving at the ball just as Shilton did. Maradona leaped and appeared to knock the ball into the net with the back of his left hand rather than with his head. Television replays confirmed it.
Despite howls of protest from the British, particularly Shilton, Tunisian referee Ali Bennaceur let it stand. Maradona would never say his hand had touched the ball. "The hand of God" sent it into the net, he said.
2006-07-09 01:32:55 · answer #1 · answered by kasiuleczek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Hand of God goal (Spanish: Mano de Dios) was scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-final match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup between England and Argentina, played on 22 June 1986 in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca. Maradona illegally used his left hand to score the goal, but the referee thought he had used his head and allowed the goal."
"At the post-game press conference, Maradona exacerbated the controversy further by claiming the goal was scored "un poco con la cabeza de Maradona y otro poco con la mano de Dios" (a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God), "
2006-07-09 01:19:01 · answer #2 · answered by JuventAus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maradona shows the world Argentina's style of football at its best...
punches the ball in with his hand!!
2006-07-09 09:11:25 · answer #3 · answered by juanes addicion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he used his hand to score the goal
2006-07-09 01:18:21 · answer #4 · answered by greengunge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cheating tossa
2006-07-10 19:03:06 · answer #5 · answered by boingboingontour 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was the revenge hahahahaha.
2006-07-09 04:01:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋