When we hear someone say “The hand of God” we do not hesitate to know that this phrase refers to the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, when the unforgettable Diego Armando Maradona He turned that part of his body to England for the Argentine team, which would end up becoming champions of that contest.
However, on June 13, 1990, at the following World Cup, the Diego patented the “other hand of God”: it was for Group G and against the Soviet Union at the San Paolo Stadiumand then we review its details, 32 years after a move that is not as recognized as the other but is worth remembering.
With goals from Pedro Troglio and Jorge Burruchaga, the “Albiceleste” won 2-0 against the Europeans, but in the 11th minute, after a corner kick, the rival captain Oleg Kusnetsov anticipated José Basualdo at the near post and drove the ball towards the goal.
Maradona, imitating his actions before the English, he avoided the conquest with his right armwhich the Swedish referee Erik Fredriksson did not notice: the judge ordered the play to continue despite the claims of the opposing soccer players, who claimed that it was a handball and therefore a penalty.
Clearly, today’s times are very different and in this same situation, the VAR would have called the person in charge of dispensing justice so that he would observe the play and, in this way, mark the maximum penalty that could have changed the Argentine destiny. However, what’s done is done.
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