Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona (referred to in title as Peter Shilton's Football) is a multiplatform traditional soccer/football simulation video game that was released in 1986 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The game allows players to control legendary goalkeeper Peter Shilton. The game's title refers to the "hand of God" goal scored by Diego Maradona against England at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. During the course of the game, sixteen teams, taken from what was then the top-flight of English football, are available for the player to play against, while trying to improve
Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup) the goal. Maradona later said, "I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me, and no one came... I told them, 'Come hug me, or the referee isn't going to allow it.'" At the post-game press conference, Maradona facetiously commented that the goal was scored ""un poco con la cabeza de Maradona y otro poco con la mano de Dios"" ("a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God"), after which it became known as the "Hand of God" goal. The goal helped intensify the footballing rivalry between the two nations. Cesar Luis Menotti