Ali Bin Nasser Ali Bin Nasser Ali Bin Nasser (also spelled Ali Bennaceur, ; born 2 March 1944) is a former Tunisian football referee. Nasser refereed the match between Argentina and England in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where the "Hand of God" and the "Goal of the Century" were scored by Argentine captain Diego Maradona to win the match. For the "Hand of God" goal, Maradona punched the ball into the net, however, Bin Nasser stated that he did not see this and thought that Maradona had headed the ball. Both Bin Nasser and his Bulgarian assistant linesman Bogdan Dochev blamed each
Hand of God (art) (in these examples much smaller than the Emperor) placing a crown on the head. A similar symbolism was represented by the "Main de Justice" ("Hand of Justice"), part of the traditional French Coronation Regalia, which was a sceptre in the form of a short gold rod surmounted by an ivory hand in the blessing gesture. The object now in the Louvre is a recreation, made for Napoleon or a restored Bourbon king, of the original, which was destroyed in the French Revolution, although the original ivory hand has survived (now displayed separately). Engraved gems are used for an authentic medieval