The hand of God The hand of God The hand of God is the name given to the goal scored by Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona in the quarter-final match between Argentina and England at the 1986 World Cup on 22 June 1986 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The game ended with a 2-1 win for the Argentinians, thanks to the so-called "Goal of the Century", also scored by Maradona. Diego Maradona himself declared after the match that the goal had scored "a little with his head and a little with the hand of God", and from there the world press baptized
Hand of God (art) and Crossing of the Red Sea", "Elijah Reviving the Child of the Widow of Zarepheth", and "Ezekiel in the Valley of Dry Bones". In several examples the hand includes the forearm as well. In the Beth Alpha synagogue, the hand of God appears on the "Binding of Isaac" panel on the northern entryway of the synagogue's nave mosaic floor. The hand of God appearing in the Beth Alpha "Binding of Isaac" mosaic panel is depicted as a disembodied hand emerging from a fiery ball of smoke, "directing the drama and its outcome" according to Meyer Schapiro. The hand of God