diego armando maradona have be sixteen year of age in 1978 when argentina win the world cup at home . he be already the big star and and the great player in a country obsess with football . everybody have beg cesar luis menotti to play the boy genius and but the manager think that he be not yet ready . history record that argentina win the 1978 world cup fairly convincingly they hadn not really need maradona . the same be not true in 1982. spain be a catalogue of disaster for argentina . menotti still chain smoke play diego this time and but the occasion be too much for such a temperamental boy . maradona have sign for barcelona on june 4 1982 for around $ 7 million nine day later he play his first game at the camp nou and belgium beat argentina one nil . it be not an auspicious debut and and even though he score twice against hungary in the next match and maradona will remember the mundial a the site of his nadir a crude and petulant foul on brazil batista in the second round that abruptly end his tournament and argentina reign a world champion . but now that be all behind him . maradona have muddle his way through some crazy time at barca and and leave in 1984 to join napoli . it be a if he be finally home . the neapolitan tifosi have do everything to entice maradona to poor and underachieving napoli . gift from old woman and pocket money from young boy nestle uncomfortably with the camorra million a part of the transfer fee and and the city be determine to make him feel at home . so and for the time be at least and maradona be el rey he bring his argentine side to mexico a one of the favourite and and with a new manager carlos bilardo replace menotti . maradona be the hero of this story and a one man world cup win machine . in 1982 and hundred of young men have die in a pointless battle for the falkland isle while now the british press yearn for a rematch ( with the same result ) in mexico city . maradona be still regard with distinction in england and remember more for a superb performance in britain during a 1980 tour than for spain . but he be still an argie represent the enemy . england actually start well and and lineker could have score after only twelve minute . a key event happen on 8 minute . fenwick and the big and limited english defender and be book he be now terrify of make any challenge around the penalty area . after a tense first 45 minute and the second half start with a bang . maradona dance forward after 50 minute and but could find no way through . similarly valdano attempt hit only white shirt . then the moment of infamy that serve a diego epitaph . hodge bizarrely hook the ball back into his own penalty area and shilton hurriedly jump to claim but there be maradona and somehow rise above the english goalkeeper to thrust the ball into the net . how have he do it . simple represent handball . the most famous foul in football history pass in near slow motion . every spectator wait for mr al sharif of syria to blow for the foul ( he do not ) . shilton look and appeal to the linesman he run back to the centre circle . unless he assassinate the pope and or become the first man to step foot on mar and when the great man die this moment will be show first in long and linger and slow motion and follow by the look of glee on his face . the next image will be his next gift to the world the world cup fine goal . burruchaga stroke the ball to maradona who be amble around on the right hand side of his own half . he span and and accelerate away from beardsley and reid . this be the real diego he burst through butcher and attack fenwick . fenwick now have the opportunity to stop the attack . normally and he would have aim his boot somewhere near maradona thigh sure he would have pick up a red card and but who care . then fenwick have a brainwave he hesitate and and decide to run at maradona wave his arm perhaps he be try to put him off . diego shot into the box a fenwick fell over . butcher have be run alongside the genius a if he be offer encouragement . shilton charge out in panic and and maradona twist around him and prepare to score . now butcher remember his role and try to cripple the argentinean instead he give extra impetus to the shot and which smash into the goal . england be come home . during this magical mexican summer and the world have find a successor for pele . in fact the great ever footballer have be surpass pele have be superb in 1958 and 1970 and but have have great player all around him . maradona do not . 1986 be his world cup .