The hand of God after the British players' demands, he sought the advice of his second standard bearer, who ratified the goal. Mexican photographer Alejandro Ojeda Carbajal immortalized this moment in a photograph in which the blow is clearly seen with his hand. In his biography, Maradona later said: In 2005, 19 years after the controversial goal, Maradona confessed, on the programme "La Noche del 10", that the goal was actually scored with his hand. A fact that generated diverse opinions throughout the world. While some supported him for telling the truth and admitting his guilt, others criticised him for the delay in doing
Hand of God (art) Hand of God (art) The Hand of God, or Manus Dei in Latin, also known as Dextera domini/dei, the "right hand of God", is a motif in Jewish and Christian art, especially of the Late Antique and Early Medieval periods, when depiction of Jehovah or God the Father as a full human figure was considered unacceptable. The hand, sometimes including a portion of an arm, or ending about the wrist, is used to indicate the intervention in or approval of affairs on Earth by God, and sometimes as a subject in itself. It is an artistic metaphor that is generally