The hand of God the song "La mano de Dios" in homage to Diego Maradona, his great idol. In the first round of the 1990 World Cup between Argentina and the USSR, in the first half of the 0-0 draw, a Soviet attack could not end in a goal as Diego Maradona intercepted the shot with "the hand of God" without the referee noticing it. In the second leg of the play-off for the 2010 World Cup between Ireland and France, William Gallas's goal, which scored the 1-1 draw and qualified France for the World Cup, was made possible by another controversial move, a
God Hand itself, , is composed of 23 tracks and was packaged with the Japanese version of the game. A 128-page player's guide titled "God Hand Official Guide Book" was published by Capcom in Japan on October 7, 2006. The game received "average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. "God Hand" received almost universal praise for its combat system and an attempt at adhering to an "old-school brawler" formula, attributes which the same critics found to overshadow glaring flaws in its graphics, play control, level design, and camera. "Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine" opened its review by commenting, ""God Hand" is