Hand of god (soccer)

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Diego Maradona after scoring 2-0 against England on June 22, 1986; the game ended in a 2-1 win for the Argentine team

The hand of God ( Spanish : la mano de Dios; English : hand of God) describes a situation during the 1986 World Cup in which Diego Maradona used his hand to help score an irregular goal. Maradona coined the expression himself when he showed no remorse after the game and said in front of the cameras: "It was a little bit Maradona's head and a little bit the hand of God " (Spanish: un poco con la cabeza de Maradona y otro poco con la mano de Dios) . It wasn't until 2005 that Maradona admitted playing the ball by hand. In 2008, he showed remorse for it.

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Flow chart for the goal to 1-0 by means of the "hand of God"

On June 22, 1986, England and Argentina met in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City in the quarter-finals of the Soccer World Cup in Mexico .

In front of 114,580 spectators, the Argentine team captain Diego Maradona scored an irregular goal to make it 1-0 in the 51st minute of the game: After Maradona's one-two failed attempt with his teammate Jorge Valdano , the English defender Steve Hodge could not clarify the situation and shot the ball high into the air . The ball flew in the direction of his English goalkeeper Peter Shilton . This hurried out of the gate to pick up the high ball. Likewise, Diego Maradona, only 1.65 meters tall, 20 centimeters shorter than Shilton, jumped to the ball and steered it with his left hand over the goalkeeper into the goal. The television images showed that Maradona had played the ball by hand. The protests of the English players at the Tunisian referee Ali Bin Nasser were of no use. Ben Naceur had noticed Maradona's handball as a header and decided on a regular goal . Bobby Robson , trainer of the English, was quoted as saying "it was the hand of a rascal" (Eng .: "it was the hand of a scoundrel").

In the same game in which Maradona scored his irregular goal, he made it 2-0 with a single effort over a distance of 60 meters. This goal was voted World Cup Goal of the Century in an internet poll conducted by FIFA in 2002 .

England ultimately lost the game after a goal of their own by Gary Lineker 2-1 and was eliminated from the tournament. Argentina beat Belgium 2-0 in the semi-finals and finally defeated Germany in the final . Thus the South Americans were after 1978 for the second time won the World Cup .

backgrounds

Maradona wrote in his autobiography that he preferred the irregular goal to the celebrated second goal. "Sometimes I think I prefer the goal I made by hand over the other ... it was like stealing the wallet of the English." He went on to write referring to the Falklands War (1982), that it was like “beating a country and not just a soccer team. Even though we said before the game that it would have nothing to do with the Falklands War, we knew that they killed a lot of Argentine boys there, they killed them like little birds. And that was the revenge. "

reception

The term hand of God has become part of football usage and is often quoted for unauthorized hand play. Maradona himself presumably saved his team from falling behind in the 1990 World Cup match between Argentina and the Soviet Union with a handball in the penalty area - the referee did not notice it and the Guardian newspaper spoke of the second hand of God .

In the quarter-final of the Copa America on July 17, 1995 between Brazil and Argentina, the Brazilian player Túlio took the hand to help to score a goal against Argentina. Brazil eventually won the game and some Argentine journalists spoke of the hand of the devil .

When HSV lost 3-2 to Werder Bremen in the UEFA Cup semi-final on May 7, 2009 , the corner kick that led to the decisive goal was caused by a paper ball lying on the field and deflecting the ball into the goal. As a result, the term “God's paper ball” was created on the Internet based on the hand of God .

In the qualifying game for the 2010 World Cup between Ireland and France, Frenchman Henry illegally put the ball in front of his hand and scored the decisive goal. The press then spoke of the “second hand of God”, alluding to Maradona's goal. Brazilian striker Luís Fabiano scored a goal in the finals in South Africa that he helped with. Later he spoke of the “most holy hand of God” in this context. When Uruguayan Luis Suárez prevented a goal from being conceded by handball in the last minute of the game between Ghana and Uruguay at the 2010 World Cup, he later said "in the end the hand of God is mine now".

On the occasion of the election of the Argentine Pope Francis on March 13, 2013, numerous newspapers around the world, including the highest-circulation German newspaper Bild , depicted the waving Pope in connection with headlines in which “the hand of God” appeared; alluding to his common nationality with Diego Maradona.

In the World Cup round of 16 Argentina against Switzerland on July 1, 2014 Blerim Džemaili failed a few minutes before the end of extra time at the Argentine post. This led to the fact that the Argentine newspaper Olé spoke of the Pillar of God ("El Palo de Dios").

On April 7, 2018, Schalke Naldo scored the first goal of the game with hands and heads in Hamburg, which also led to comparisons with Maradona. HSV won 3-2.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maradona Celebrates 20th Anniversary of "Hand of God" Goal. In: Spiegel Online . June 23, 2006, accessed December 4, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Maradona Reveals how he robbed England with the, Hand of God ' , The Independent , August 24, 2005 (English).
  3. ↑ Maradona shows late repentance for "Hand of God". In: welt.de. January 31, 2008, accessed December 4, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Video on YouTube
  5. ^ Diego Maradona : Maradona: The Autobiography of Soccer's Greatest and Most Controversial Star. Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-60239-027-0 , p. 127 (English).
  6. ^ Diego Maradona : Maradona: The Autobiography of Soccer's Greatest and Most Controversial Star. Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-60239-027-0 , p. 128 (English).
  7. ↑ The Guardian: June 13, 1990 - Diego Maradona's other World Cup handball .
  8. ↑ www.11freunde.de: Top five: Argentina vs. Brazil - God's hand against the devil's paw .
  9. ↑ The paper was on the sidelines. In: Spiegel Online . May 8, 2009, accessed December 4, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Johannes Korge: Irish are angry with the second "hand of God". In: Spiegel Online . November 19, 2009, accessed December 4, 2014 .
  11. ↑ www.goal.com: “The most holy hand of God” - goal scorer Luis Fabiano justifies himself .
  12. ↑ derstandard.at: God's hand is now mine .
  13. ↑ "The hand of God again!" In: Spiegel Online . March 14, 2013, accessed December 4, 2014 .
  14. ↑ www.kicker.de: Robben and Oranje are on a “mission” - World Cup on Wednesday: Navas is taking a break from training .
  15. ↑ Naldo like Maradona? Great excitement about Schalke's lead goal. In: Eurosport Buzz. April 7, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 .