The hand of God been out of play, but because of the coming of an opponent's ball was correctly enabled. Once inside the box and with the ball falling, Maradona went on his quest alongside goalkeeper Peter Shilton, 20 centimetres taller than him. Shilton jumped forward with his right hand, while Maradona did so with his left arm outstretched. The Argentinean player's fist, close to his head, hit the ball first and it rolled towards the goal. Maradona began to celebrate, glancing sideways at the referee and the linesman, and relaxed when the goal was validated. Tunisia's referee Ali Bennaceur validated the goal, but
God Hand a score of 3 out of 10 during its original release, the website ranked the game at #100 for their "Top 100 PlayStation 2 Games" list in 2010. "Independent PlayStation Magazine" listed "God Hand" among the "11 PS2 Games You Need to Play (But Haven't)". "God Hand" was a nominee for "Best Fighting Game" at the 2006 "Spike Video Game Awards". Rab Florence of the Scottish television series "VideoGaiden" claimed "God Hand" to be one of the best games ever made. The presenter summarized his review by stating, "What an epitaph for Clover Studio: We made one of the best