Hand of God Goal: Football legend Diego Maradona of Argentina has died at the age of 60. Diego Maradona has been a major contributor to Argentina becoming world champion in 1986. After which he became a Golden Boy. Even though Maradona’s childhood was spent in poverty, but the amount of name and money that football gave him, it is destined only for selected players. The most interesting anecdote of Maradona is associated with the name of ‘Hand of God’. In fact, thanks to this goal, Argentina made it to the semi-finals of the 1986 World Cup and later won the trophy. What is this Hand of God Goal, and some interesting stories related to Maradona… ..
1986 World Cup and Hand of God
Maradona was playing for Argentina in the 1986 World Cup. The Hang of God story happened in the quarter-finals of this tournament. In the quarter-final match against England, Maradona scored two goals in the match. One of these goals is called Hand of God. Actually, in this match there was a goal in which the football went to the goal post of England with the hand of Maradona. England got out of the competition here. After the match, Maradona had admitted that this goal was hit by his head and hand. They called it God’s hand. Since then, he came to be called Hand of God Goal. People also chose this goal of the century.
Also won the title
From here the team reached the semi-finals and then the final. Argentina won 2–1 against England in the quarter-finals. Argentina became champions for the second time on the basis of Maradona in that World Cup. In the final, Argentina captured this trophy for the second time by defeating West Germany 3–2. Maradona scored 5 goals in this tournament.
Played 4 world cups
Maradona scored 34 goals in 91 matches for Argentina and played 4 World Cups for his country. Maradona holds the record for most World Cup matches as a captain. Maradona has played 16 World Cup matches as a captain for Argentina, while he has participated in a total of 21 World Cup matches. Maradona made his professional debut at the age of just 15. On October 20, 1976, Maradona played the first match for Argentinos Junior.
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Maradona and Lionel Messi are the only footballers to have won the FIFA Under-20 and Golden Ball titles in the FIFA World Cup. Maradona received the Golden Ball Award at the 1986 World Cup. Under his captaincy, Argentina won the title match by defeating West Germany 3–2.
Drug addiction
When Maradona’s career was at peak, he was addicted at the same time. He used to take cocaine. Maradona was banned for 15 months in 1991 by his club Napoli for the consumption of cocaine. This year, he was arrested in Buenos Aires with 500 grams of cocaine. He was then sentenced to 14 months. Drugs ended his football career. In 1997, he said goodbye to football.
Source: www.financialexpress.com