Never liked the guy much, or football for that matter, but I guess he was a pretty good player when he did not cheat.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54810392

Thats was God"s hand, it was punishment for British football fans arrogance. God knows and sees everything. So long Diego. Good a ball control, bad at controlling his habits. R.i.p Maestro!

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:28 am It doesn't get any better.

If I remember correctly, this goal was very soon after the hand of god goal. It was a piece of artistry. It's amazing how footballers can stay on their feet when they want to by avoiding bad/clumsy/late tackles. These days they will walk into one to try for a penalty instead of scoring a goal like this.

hanno wrote: ↑Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:59 am Never liked the guy much, or football for that matter, but I guess he was a pretty good player when he did not cheat.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54810392

The Hand of God Goal.

I heard an interview today with Peter Reid who was in the 1986 World Cup squad. He believes that Maradona raised his arm to the side of his head because he knew Peter Shilton, "who was about foot taller than him" was steaming in and was going to punch the ball as he was going to try try head it. It was a bit of protection. The ball hit his hand and went in. As Maradona was running away he looked at the referee and lineman, knowingly, and expected it to be disallowed, but as they both missed it and the crowd was going wild, there was not much he could do about it. The referee can't disallow on what he didn't see, and as his linesman stayed silent, the goal stood.

He thought there was also intense pressure on the officials given the huge Argentinian presence and the partisan Mexican venue.

Peter Reid didn't think it was intentional at all so, without intent, there can't really be cheating.

This might be a generous viewpoint on Reid's behalf but it does sound plausible, to me at least.

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:58 pm Very gracious of you, Doc

"His performances in 1986 remain the greatest by any individual at a World Cup.
He didn’t just score goals, he didn’t just score brilliant goals, but scored brilliant goals with gambetas, the slaloming dribble characteristic of the pibe. (the kids, of the streets and ghettos)

He had come from the potreros (the vacant lots of the slums) ,he still played the game of the potreros, and he had won a World Cup by doing so;
even better, he had done it against England."

If you look at the very beginning of the recording, the first few touches to evade two England players, which enabled him to start his run, were as good as anything at the end.