Ali Bin Nasser Ali Bin Nasser Ali Bin Nasser (also spelled Ali Bennaceur, ; born 2 March 1944) is a former Tunisian football referee. Nasser refereed the match between Argentina and England in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where the "Hand of God" and the "Goal of the Century" were scored by Argentine captain Diego Maradona to win the match. For the "Hand of God" goal, Maradona punched the ball into the net, however, Bin Nasser stated that he did not see this and thought that Maradona had headed the ball. Both Bin Nasser and his Bulgarian assistant linesman Bogdan Dochev blamed each
The hand of God Even Peter Shilton rejected the apology, arguing that it was now too late. Maradona, a few days after the article came out, came out to deny everything, saying that the newspaper had changed the terms. Next, the note:A few days later, The Sun newspaper confirmed that it had modified the interpretation of Maradona's words and asked to change the name to "The Devil's Hand". In the original band of the interview it could be seen that Maradona had never asked for forgiveness for the goal from the hand of God. The quartet singer Rodrigo Bueno used the phrase to compose