"The Hand of God" (Spanish: La mano de Dios) is the name given to the opening goal awarded to Argentine footballer Diego Maradona during Argentina's victory over England in a quarter-final match at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The goal was allowed to stand because none of the match referees could see Maradona using his left hand to score.
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adhocfungus@midwest.social · 22 pts · 7d
Never heard of this, so I looked it up.
The Hand Of God
wifemademesignup@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 7d
Thanks for that. Have me a laugh.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 11 pts · 7d
So Argentina just sucks.
wifemademesignup@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 7d
A man ahead of his times. The Canadian winter Olympics team clearly were not that original.
Did he also yell he didn't touch it?
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 6d
Huh, I always thought he just gave it a little nudge as it was flying by or something, but nope, he really went for that...