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
God Hand original idea for "God Hand" came about during a conversation between the two about the current state of action games; they found that many games in the genre at the time focused on the use of weapons and had gotten away from hand to hand combat. Mikami later approached Inaba with a poster depicting two stylized fists, meant to exemplify the kind of original game he wanted the two to create. Originally, "God Hand" was to focus solely on "hardcore action" without much humor. However, after showing a trailer for the game at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) which