**The Hand Of God**
Does it rings the bell to u ?? umm...yes i`m refering to ((The Hand Of God Goal)) wich was scored bu the legend Diego Maradona in the quarter-final match of the 1986 world cup..that match wasplayed on 22 June 1986 between England and Argentina in Mexico City's .Six minutes into the second half the score was 0-0. Maradona cut inside from the right flank and played a diagonal low pass to the edge of the area to team-mate Jorge Valdano and continued his run in the hope of a one-two movement. Valdano's return, however, was played slightly behind Maradona and reached England's Steve Hodge, the left-midfielder who had dropped back to defend.
Hodge tried to hook the ball clear but miscued the ball and it screwed off his foot and into the penalty area, towards Maradona who had continued his run. England goalkeeper Peter Shilton duly came out of his goal to punch the ball clear, with his considerable height (6'1" or 185cm) making him clear favourite to beat Maradona (5'6" or 168cm) to it. However, Maradona (who was not offside, because the ball was last touched by Hodge, an opponent) reached it first ,with the outside of his left fist. The ball rolled into the back of the net and, to the amazement of the English players, the referee (Tunisian Ali Bin Nasser) allowed the goal.The Argentines celebrated while the England players protested to no avail. At the post-game press conference, Maradona exacerbated the controversy further by claiming the goal was scored "a little bit by the Hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona"Later in the same match, Maradona scored another goal, regarded by many as the best goal in World Cup history, in which he eluded five English outfield players (Hoddle, Reid, Sansom, Butcher and Fenwick) as well as Shilton.
This is the lest os the goals scored in that game and the players list:
GOALS 51' 1-0 Diego Maradona
55' 2-0 Diego Maradona
81' 2-1 Gary Lineker (assist - John Barnes)
REFEREE Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)
LINESMEN Bogdan Dotchev (Bulgaria)
Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
YELLOW CARDS 9' Terry Fenwick (ENG)
60' Sergio Batista (ARG)
RED CARDS -
ARGENTINA AGE D.O.B. CLUB
18 GK Nery Pumpido 28 30 Jul 1957 River Plate
5 DF Jose Luis Brown 29 10 Nov 1956 Boca Juniors
9 DF Jose Cuciuffo 25 01 Feb 1961 Velez Sarsfield
19 DF Oscar Ruggeri 24 26 Jan 1962 River Plate
2 MD Sergio Batista 23 09 Nov 1962 Argentinos Juniors
7 MD Jorge Burruchaga (-76) 23 09 Oct 1962 FC Nantes (FRA)
10 MD Diego Maradona (c) 25 30 Oct 1960 Napoli (ITA)
12 MD Hector Enrique 24 26 Apr 1962 River Plate
14 MD Ricardo Giusti 29 11 Dec 1956 Independiente
16 MD Julio Olarticoechea 27 18 Oct 1958 Boca Juniors
11 FW Jorge Valdano 30 04 Oct 1955 Real Madrid (SPA)
Substitutes
20 MD Carlos Tapia (+76) 23 20 Aug 1962 Boca Juniors
Coach: Carlos Bilardo 48 16 Mar 1938
ENGLAND AGE D.O.B. CLUB
1 GK Peter Shilton (c) 36 18 Sep 1949 Southampton
2 DF Gary Stevens 23 27 Mar 1963 Everton
3 DF Kenny Sansom 27 26 Sep 1958 Arsenal
6 DF Terry Butcher 27 28 Dec 1958 Ipswich Town
14 DF Terry Fenwick 26 17 Nov 1959 Queens Park Rangers
4 MD Glenn Hoddle 28 27 Oct 1957 Tottenham Hotspur
16 MD Peter Reid (-66) 30 20 Jun 1956 Everton
17 MD Trevor Steven (-76) 22 21 Sep 1963 Everton
18 MD Steve Hodge 23 25 Oct 1962 Aston Villa
10 FW Gary Lineker 25 30 Nov 1960 Everton
20 FW Peter Beardsley 25 18 Jan 1961 Newcastle United
Substitutes
19 FW John Barnes (+76) 22 07 Nov 1963 Watford
11 FW Chris Waddle (+66) 25 14 Dec 1960 Tottenham Hotspur
Coach: Bobby Robson 53 18 Feb 1933
Hope u enjoy reading..in god help those who can not read in english...salam.
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