History of the England national football team equally memorable goals from Diego Maradona – the infamous "Hand of God" goal, where Maradona punched the ball into the net, and then the second after a 50-yard dribble past five England players, that is widely regarded as one of the finest goals in history, and is often called the Goal of the Century. Lineker then pulled a goal back, but England were unable to find an equaliser and went out. But Lineker still won the Golden Boot, as the tournament's top scorer with six goals, and was then on his way to Barcelona from Everton in a deal worth
Hand of God (art) In early Christian and Byzantine art, the hand of God is seen appearing from above in a fairly restricted number of narrative contexts, often in a blessing gesture, but sometimes performing an action. Gertrud Schiller distinguishes three functions of the hand in Christian art: as symbol of either God's presence or the voice of God, or signifying God's acceptance of a sacrifice. In later Christian works it tends to be replaced by a fully realized figure of God the Father, whose depiction had become acceptable in Western Christianity, although not in Eastern Orthodox or Jewish art. The motif of the