"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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Never heard of this, so I looked it up.
The Hand Of God
Thanks for that. Have me a laugh.
So Argentina just sucks.
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?
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...