"He not only misled the referee, but all the players, the game."
Iturralde González, former referee and collaborator of Cadena Ser, is clear that Maradona's famous "hand of God" to England was practically undetectable by the referee of the match.
"It was so difficult for him that only the goalkeeper saw it", the Arrancudiaga abounds in this chapter of
El VAR de Itu,
the video series in which he analyzes the most famous arbitration errors in history, one of the channel's contents of Universo Mundial
streaming
, promoted by PRISA Vídeo, which will start on November 20.
The mythical play occurred on June 22, 1986 at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City.
Diego Armando Maradona, who died on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60, left behind one of the most memorable images in soccer history.
The Argentine team faced England in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Mexico and after a first part in which they almost ended up injured, the 10th changed the game with two plays in less than five minutes, first with the mother of all controversies and shortly after with a ride that culminated in what is known as the goal of the century
.
The Maradona
ruse
It came in the 51st minute, after the Argentinian star drove a ball to the balcony of the box and filtered a pass to Valdano, who couldn't prevent Steve Hodge's clearance.
The ball rose towards the penalty spot and Maradona and Peter Shilton went for it.
The goalkeeper had an advantage, but at the last moment the forward jumped and hit the ball with his left hand to send it into the net.
“That game had all the ingredients and all that was missing was the best player in history cheating,” Iturralde points out.
You can find this complete chapter
of Itu's VAR
in the video that accompanies the news.