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The story of the history of football tournament which is called Hand of God
Football World Cup is about to start, so it is also necessary to mention the famous controversies related to it. Amazing craze of FIFA World Cup is seen all over the world. Amidst the craze of FIFA, let us tell you about the story which is still recorded in the history of football.
This is the matter of June 22, 1986, when Diego Maradona of Argentina scored such a goal in the quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup, which became a topic of discussion. Most football lovers know that during this match such an incident happened which was recorded in the history of football. During this match, Argentina’s team entered the semi-finals of the World Cup by defeating England 2-1.
The first goal was popular
Argentina scored two goals in this match and both goals were scored by Maradona. While scoring the first goal, he wanted to score with a header, but instead of hitting the football with his head, he scored with his hand, which was strongly opposed by the England team. But the referee, who could not see Maradona scoring with his hand, refused to call it illegal. Argentina’s team had defeated England by this goal. This match remains a topic of discussion even today.
Maradona had accepted
Maradona himself admitted after scoring the goal and said that it was the hand of God, since then the goal scored by Maradona with his hand is known as “Hand of God”.
The second goal of the match was “Goal of the Century”.
Maradona scored another goal just four minutes after scoring the controversial first goal in the match. This goal is also called the Goal of the Century because Maradona dodged five English players to score this goal. In this entire tournament, Maradona managed to score five goals.
Argentina became world champion
In this World Cup, Argentina won the tournament with a bang. Argentina has become world champion twice so far.
This time the World Cup will be held in Qatar
This year Qatar is hosting the Football World Cup. This is the first time that the World Cup is being organized in a Gulf country. This time a total of 32 teams are participating in the FIFA World Cup, among which the final match will be played on 18 December.
