Football in Argentina streets tend to look completely deserted as everyone is watching the match. After the victories in 1978 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup, streets were flooded with people celebrating the championship, making it impossible not to become part of the celebration. It was in 1986 when the figure of Diego Maradona exploded, becoming an icon not only of Argentine football but of football itself. In Argentina, Maradona became something resemblant of a god (see Maradonian Church), admired by fans of every club (even River Plate). Argentine fans are not allowed to travel to see their teams in away
The hand of God hand by French footballer Thierry Henry that was not sanctioned by Swedish referee Martin Hansson, and which was named by the press as "The New Hand of God". Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez stopped a goal with his hand in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup. At the subsequent press conference, the striker said he had done so with "the hand of God". On October 12, 1941, Mario Morosano, Newell's Old Boys' forward, scored his third personal goal and his fourth against his classic rival Rosario Central with his hand, being the predecessor of "the hand of God". He finally