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Bayern Munich and Inter Milan: 40 years of World Cup final dominance

Pablo Felices,Calum Roche — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 11:08:08 GMT

On 11 July 1982, at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid, a streak began that is still in force 40 years later. It started, unbeknown to us at the time, as both Bayern Munich and Inter Milan were represented in the final of the FIFA World Cup in Spain, and has continued to the current edition in 2022 as Argentina face France for the ultimate prize.

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Maradona ‘Hand of God’ referee defends infamous decision

Jennifer Bubel — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 22:13:26 GMT

Perhaps you have no idea what Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal is referring to, but chances are, you’ve at least heard of it. If not, let me give you a quick rundown.

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Maradona’s World Cup winning shirt has finally gone home

Angelica Medina — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:41:27 GMT

Thirty-six years after Diego Maradona helped Argentina beat Germany to lift the World Cup in Mexico City, the shirt he wore in the game has returned to his homeland. Germany’s Lothar Matthaeus, who swapped shirts with Maradona, donated the jersey to the Argentine embassy in Madrid in August and it was handed over to the country’s football association (AFA) by collector Marcelo Ordas on Wednesday.

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How much could Diego Maradona ‘Hand of God’ ball be sold for?

Kieran Quaile — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:37:54 GMT

The match ball used by Diego Maradona to score his “Hand of God” goal against England at the 1986 World Cup is to go on auction next month.

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Maradona 1986 World Cup ‘Hand of God’ shirt already secures £4 million bid on day 1 of auction

Paul Reidy — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 15:00:51 GMT

The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his infamous “Hand of God” goal against England in the 1986 World Cup semi-final clash has gone on auction with London’ based auctioneer Sotheby’s today.

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Maradona on Hand of God vs VAR: "I'd have been arrested"

AS English — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:06:56 GMT

Former French international and Arsenal legend, Robert Pirès, interviewed the late Diego Armando Maradona as part of their build-up to Russia 2018. One specific topic had particular intrigue, that surrounding the infamous "Hand of God" goal, scored against England in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

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Maradona to be immortalized on Argentina bank notes

Marta Marañón — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:09:53 GMT

Diego Maradona became a national hero in Argentina when he led La Albiceleste to the 1986 World Cup, via two of the most famous goals ever scored in the history of the game against England in the quarter-finals: the Hand of God and the Goal of the Century. After the death of the former Barcelona and Napoli attacking midfielder at the age of 60 last month, the Argentinean government has tabled a formal motion in the Senate to have the second of the two, along with an image of Maradona’s face, immortalized on the country’s currency.

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Maradona World Cup 1986: a birthday treat for football fans

AStv — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:43:45 GMT

Messi is jinxed with Argentina

Alfredo Relaño — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 08:32:39 GMT

There is no longer any doubt: Messi finding success with Argentina is becoming an even taller order. At the ninth time of asking, he has failed with a national side not short of past glories, representing a country with football squarely in the foreground. Yet for the player many claim to be the ‘best ever’ he has been unable to bring back the green pastures of success. Two World Cups and 14 Copa Américas in a fruit-bearing past have made way for a drought. This time, however, Messi cannot shoulder the blame. Against Brazil, he played well and was involved in creating Argentina’s best chances - he hit the post and it was his pass that led to Agüero doing the same - but he finished the game dejected and ill-tempered, railing at the referee.

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Spain take on Bale-less Wales in Luis Enrique's first friendly

Alfredo Relaño — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:19:06 GMT

The newly rolled out UEFA Nations League fills a number of international dates previously given over to friendlies, but not all of them. Today's game against Wales is a friendly, and feels like a kind of hors d'oeuvre for Spain's clash with England in Seville on Monday. A sort of pared down version of the test to come; after all, Wales has a population of three million, and England's is 20 times that. From time to time, the Welsh have produced top players, but only very infrequently. The most recent is Real Madrid's Gareth Bale, who is over there basically getting some R&R with the aim of being back at full fitness for Tuesday's match against Ireland. He took over the mantle from Ryan Giggs, who is now national coach. Before him, there was Mark Hughes and Ian Rush; before that, John Charles...

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Maradona on Hand of God vs VAR: "I'd have been arrested"

As.com — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:31:37 GMT

Former French international and Arsenal legend, Robert Pirès, interviewed Diego Armando Maradona for Bwin as part of their build up to Russia 2018. One specific topic had particular intrigue, that surrounding the infamous "Hand of God" goal, scored against England in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

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Gabon coach Camacho: "Something strange happened"

As.com — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:39:56 GMT

Gabon coach, Jose Antonio Camacho, spoke out yesterday on Spanish radio, on the El Larguero programme on Cadena SER, about the strange events that occurred the morning before his side played Morocco, where they missed their chance of qualifying for the World Cup Russia 2018: "We had two very difficult matches, one of them in Côte d'Ivoire, which we won, the other was in Morocco where the team was completely out of sorts. Some very strange things happened".

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Maradona: "With VAR there'd have been no Hand of God"

EP — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:57:53 GMT

Argentina legend Diego Maradona has put his support behind the use of video assistant referees (VARs) in football, even though he admits that his infamous 'Hand of God' goal would not have stood if the technology had existed during his heyday.

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