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 writing hand The writing hand The writing hand is a mechanical automaton created by Friedrich von Knauss in 1764. A clockwork mechanism moves a hand which dips a pen into an inkstand and writes the phrase ""Huic Domui Deus / Nec metas rerum / Nec tempora ponat"" ("May God not impose ends or deadlines on this house") on a small card. On the silver-coating of the mechanism are the words ""Pro patria"". The instrument was dedicated by von Knauss to the House of Lorraine, which ruled at that time in Tuscany. The object is housed in Room 10 of the Museo Galileo