Argentina–England football rivalry who punched the ball into the England net with his hand. The goal was allowed to stand by the referee, who did not see the infringement, much to the fury of the English team and its fans. The goal, dubbed the "Hand of God goal" after Maradona's tongue-in-cheek description of how it was scored, has become infamous in England, particularly as England went on to lose the game and Argentina later won the tournament. Also in this game, Maradona scored a second goal, voted in 2002 as the best goal in World Cup history, before English striker Gary Lineker pulled
The hand of God hand by French footballer Thierry Henry that was not sanctioned by Swedish referee Martin Hansson, and which was named by the press as "The New Hand of God". Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez stopped a goal with his hand in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup. At the subsequent press conference, the striker said he had done so with "the hand of God". On October 12, 1941, Mario Morosano, Newell's Old Boys' forward, scored his third personal goal and his fourth against his classic rival Rosario Central with his hand, being the predecessor of "the hand of God". He finally