Diego Maradona 22 to 17 yards (20 to 16 metres) from the goal, or even just outside the penalty area. Maradona was famous for his cunning personality. Inherent within his nickname "El Pibe de Oro" ("Golden Boy") is a sense of mischief, with "pibe" being an anti-establishment rogue, street smart and full of guile. Some critics view his controversial "Hand of God" goal at the 1986 World Cup as a clever maneuver, with one of the opposition players, Glenn Hoddle, admitting that Maradona had disguised it by flicking his head at the same time as palming the ball. The goal itself has
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