Diego Maradona's 1986 Mexico World Cup
match against England has gone down in infamy. In the space of four minutes he scored two iconic goals, the first became known as "The
of God" and the second "The Goal of the
". The former took place six minutes into the
half, Maradona passed to Jorge Valdano who tried to pass several English defenders but the ball was
and eventually kicked towards England's goal by Steve Hodge.
Maradona was left alone inside the
box with the goalkeeper Peter Shilton who jumped forward with his right arm
, Maradona did the same with his left arm and the ball hit his hand before his
and went into England's goal. The
did not have a clear view of the
and allowed the goal to stand.
The second took place a few minutes later when Maradona received the ball from teammate Hector
. He took off on a 60 metre run passing England's Peter Beardsley, Peter Reid,
Butcher and Terry Fenwick and 10 seconds later went to pass the play to
Jorge Valdano but he had no space so he made a
that passed Shilton and allowed him to kick the ball into an empty net
Announcer
Hugo Morales's call of the goal has also gone down in history:
"I want to cry! Holy God, long live soccer! Oh, what a goal! Diegoal! Maradona! I can't help
, forgive me. Maradona, in a memorable drive, in the greatest play of all time...
kite, what planet did you come from, to leave so many Englishmen in the
? To make the whole country into one great,
fist, shaking, shouting for Argentina? . . . Diegoal! Diegoal! Diego Armando Maradona! Sweet Lord, thank you for the game of
, for Maradona, for these tears, and for this Argentina 2, England 0."
