NEW YORK — I can still hear the Mexican sportscaster shouting in the radio for more than a minute — "Dieguitooooo, Dieguitoooooo, Diego Armando Maradonaaaaaaa!" — after the Argentine soccer player scored his second goal against the British during the 1986 World Cup that Argentina would go on to win after beating West Germany in the final game.
He had good reason to shout. Diego Armando Maradona — now Argentina's coach at the World Cup in South Africa — had scored his second goal after dribbling past six British players (including the goalkeeper) in what is commonly called the "The Goal of the Century."
Never mind that his first goal during that game was the most infamous in soccer history, made by striking the ball with his left hand. Maradona was initially evasive about the goal, saying it had been scored "a little with Maradona's head and a little with the hand of God." Since then, that goal has been attributed to the "Hand of God" (La Mano de Dios).