Stop Celebrating Maradona's 'Hand of God' Goal
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So Victor Hugo Morales, a historic Uruguayan narrator, begins to report Diego Armando Maradona's "memorable race" and "all-time play" in Argentina's match against England, at the Aztec Stadium, for the 1986 World Cup final Wednesdays. It was 42 meters driven in 10 seconds, with twelve touches on the ball and five English left on the way to Argentina's 10th shirt to score one of the most beautiful, most important and most remembered goals of all …
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Daniel Arcucci, Diego Maradona's official biographer, once said that the whole myth of the Argentine star can be explained through his two goals to England in the 1986 Mexico World Cup. Two so many that represent the ambivalence of his figure: the trap of La Mano de Dios and the absolute genius of the so-called Gol del Siglo, two annotations achieved in a context of profound historical and emotional burden, four years after the Falklands War tha…
Stop Celebrating Maradona's 'Hand of God' Goal
The “Hand of God” downgrades the competency by which players distinguish themselves. Additionally, it is an unambiguous case of cheating. Maradona intentionally and surreptitiously violated a rule of the sport to obtain an advantage that he would not have obtained otherwise – it distorts the sport, spoils the result and disrespects the opposing team. The post Stop Celebrating Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ Goal appeared first on FlaglerLive.
The triumph of Argentina over England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup is remembered, 40 years later, as a milestone in the history of football and as the day Diego Armando Maradona rose to the category of soccer deity. That June 22 in Azteca stadium, the South Americans imposed themselves for 2-1 with two unforgettable so many of the ‘ten’, that with talent and itchy managed to break the limit of the possible, and also of the regulato…
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