10 Things Diego Maradona Wants You To Forget

5. The Hand Of God

It wouldn't be an article about one of football's most controversial figures without mentioning "that goal". The Hand Of God. The goal which definitely robbed England of their destiny of winning the 1986 World Cup. If it wasn't for that goal, you would almost certainly be reading an article entitled '10 Things Peter Reid Would Like You To Forget".
"A little with the head of Maradona, a little with the hand of God."
For all the rapture and involuntary screaming which followed the goal that followed it, the Hand Of God still rivals it as the most memorable moment of the tournament and has made Maradona an irredeemable villain in the eyes of many an English football fan. Does Diego care? He said on his talk show, in reference to the Falklands War:
"Whoever robs a thief gets a 100-year pardon."
That'll be a no then.
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