“Maradona has the ball, two mark him, he touches the ball. The genius of world football dashes to the right and leaves the third and is going to pass to Burruchaga. It’s still Maradona! Genius! Genius! Genius! Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta. Gooooooooooal! Gooooooooooal! I want to cry! Dear God! Long live football! Gooooooooooal! Diegoal! Maradona! It’s enough to make you cry, forgive me. Maradona, in an unforgettable run, in the play of all time. Cosmic kite! What planet are you from? Leaving in your wake so many Englishmen, so that the whole country is a clenched fist shouting for Argentina? Argentina 2, England 0. Diegoal, Diegoal, Diego Armando Maradona. Thank you, God, for football, for Maradona, for these tears, for this, Argentina 2, England 0.” ~ this impossible escatic commentary by Victor Hugo Morales for Radio Argentina literally showcases the combined emotions of every spectator of this spectacular goal.
The goal we are speaking of was the second goal scored by Maradona in the Estadio Azteca on June 22, 1986, while playing the World Cup Quarter Finals between Argentina and England . He scored this goal just 4 minutes after his infamous goal - "Hand Of God" when he slotted home with his hand beyond Peter Shilton's outstretched hands.Diego completed the second goal in just 10.6 seconds by taking 11 touches and beating 6 opponents.
“Sometimes I think that my whole life is on film, that my whole life is in print.” — Diego Maradona.
Speaking for myself who has rewatched this spectacle on loop ,there is no doubt that this goal is one of the biggest moments not just in football but in the entire sporting history. Diego Maradona is a person of many traits ,and he will be cherished both as a positive and a negative icon but if there's something that every single lover of the game will remember him for is this gem of a goal.An entire nation of emotions , the nail biting finish and a packed stadium bursting out in joy - there are a lot of memories associated with this goal for all those lucky spectators all over the world.
Maradona helped his country in lifting the World Cup in 1986 held in Mexico.
The man himself had once proclaimed that “to see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.” And that day the stars aligned perfectly for the little maestro to pick it up and run with it to glory.Such a moment of sporting genius is rare and the person who created this also comes by rarely .