The hand of God The hand of God The hand of God is the name given to the goal scored by Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona in the quarter-final match between Argentina and England at the 1986 World Cup on 22 June 1986 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The game ended with a 2-1 win for the Argentinians, thanks to the so-called "Goal of the Century", also scored by Maradona. Diego Maradona himself declared after the match that the goal had scored "a little with his head and a little with the hand of God", and from there the world press baptized
South American nations at the FIFA World Cup with the hand of God"; it therefore became known as the "Hand of God" goal. For his second goal, voted "Goal of the Century" in 2002 on the FIFA website, Maradona dribbled half the length of the field past five English players before scoring. In Argentina, the game was seen as revenge for the Falklands War. In the other semi-final, meanwhile, Maradona struck twice in the second half as Argentina beat Belgium 2–0. In the final against West Germany, José Luis Brown put Argentina one up midway through the first half of the final, and when Jorge Valdano scored a