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Maradona played in four FIFA World Cups, including the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, where he captained Argentina and led them to victory over West Germany in the final, and won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player.
- 30 October 1960
- Diego Armando Maradona
- 25 November 2020 (aged 60)
- Lanús, Argentina
Diego Maradona celebrating with the Trophy. Argentina won the tournament unbeaten. The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986.
- 132 (2.54 per match)
- 52
- Mexico
- 24 (from 5 confederations)
Diego Maradona’s enigmatic explanation about his infamous opener in Argentina’s 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico™ quarter-final clash with England holds a place in football history alongside...
- The Goal
- "History Is Already Written"
- Falklands War and "Symbolic Revenge"
- Subsequent Use
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At the end of the first half, while the game was still tied at 0-0, Maradona was beginning to influence the end outcome of the match. Six minutes into the second half of the game, Maradona took the ball out of the box with his left leg and passed it to teammate Jorge Valdano. Valdano tried to take on several English defenders, but the ball was inte...
In 2005, 19 years after scoring the controversial goal, Maradona confessed on a program La Noche del 10, that the goal was actually scored with his hand. Several world media outlets reported the news, creating controversy. Even Peter Shilton rejected the apology, arguing that it was now too late.Maradona, a few days after the article came out, deni...
In the 2019 documentary film Diego Maradona directed by Asif Kapadia, Maradona links the event to the Falklands Warfour years earlier, saying "[w]e, as Argentinians, didn't know what the military was up to. They told us that we were winning the war. But in reality, England was winning 20–0. It was tough. The hype made it seem like we were going to ...
The "Hand of God" became a popular phrase and is still referred to around the world. Some other famous football handballs are: 1. In the first round of the 1990 World Cup between Argentina and the USSR, in the first half of the 0–0 draw, a Soviet attack failed as Maradona intercepted the shot with "the hand of God" without the referee noticing. 1. ...
Maradona is nicknamed as D10S, a mix of Dios, 'God' and 10, the number on his jersey.The Hand of God (BBC) on YouTubeJun 8, 2018 · Published 2:51 AM PDT, June 8, 2018. Diego Maradona scored one of the most underhanded goals in World Cup history in 1986. It’s known as the “Hand of God.” Argentina wasn’t a one-man team at the tournament in Mexico, but Maradona made it look like it was.
Jun 11, 2018 · CNN — If the history of film was once described as before and after “Gone with the Wind,” it could be argued that the history of the World Cup can be defined as before and after the game...
Nov 25, 2020 · In the history of football's World Cup, it is arguable that no player has ever hit the heights achieved by Argentina's Diego Maradona in 1986. Brazil's Pele, usually seen as Maradona's...
