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
Hand of God (art) originally held a Torah scroll, identifying the small piece of raised marble located between the thumb and fingers as a Torah scroll. The hand of God appears in the early 14th-century Haggadah, the Birds' Head Haggadah, produced in Germany. Two hands of God appear underneath the text of the "Dayenu" song, dispensing the manna from heaven. The Birds' Head Haggadah is a particularly important visual source from the medieval period, as it is the earliest surviving example of a medieval illuminated Hebrew Haggadah. Hand of God (art) The Hand of God, or Manus Dei in Latin, also known as Dextera