The hand of God

Diego Maradona used the phrase to describe a goal that he scored during the Argentina v England quarter finals match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. In 2005, 19 years after scoring the controversial goal, Mardona confessed on a program La Noche del 10, that the goal was actually scored with his hand. In the 2019 documentary film Diego Maradonas: Asif Kapadia, Maradonna links the event to the Falklands War four years earlier.

About The hand of God in brief

Summary The hand of GodDiego Maradona used the phrase to describe a goal that he scored during the Argentina v England quarter finals match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The goal took place on 22 June 1986, at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. In 2005, 19 years after scoring the controversial goal, Mardona confessed on a program La Noche del 10, that the goal was actually scored with his hand. In the 2019 documentary film Diego Maradonas: Asif Kapadia, Maradonna links the event to the Falklands War four years earlier, saying: “It wasn’t my plan, but the action happened so fast that the linesman didn’t see my hand” The film will be directed by Asida Kapadia and will be released in cinemas worldwide on November 14, 2019.

The film is directed by Diego Mardonas and will feature footage from the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and the 1986 European Championships in South Africa, as well as the 1986 African Cup of Nations in South Korea and the 1988 European Championship in Brazil.