The first goal with God's hand was marked in Italy”

The silver legend scored one of the most famous and popular goals in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals against England.

Zico, former star of Udinese who had played against Maradona in the 1980s, told La Gazzetta dello Sport that Maradona had scored such a goal two years before the 86th World vs. Udines.

It was 1984, I had just come to Udine. I did not play in Naples and he scored two goals”, Zico indicated.

“We were winning 2:1, but Diego scored and equalized the result. The match was almost over when they fired the pillar and Diego scored against our goalkeeper”, he discovered.

The judge and his assistant didn't notice. I was furious, and I ran to the judge and said, Congratulations, just go on like this, you're doing great. For those words, he expelled me with red and later suspended me with four fights”, he continued.

“I often joked with him about that goal, always said: You trained God's hand with us. He said to me: You're the good part of football, I'm the bad guy. Maradona is among the five best players I've seen”, he added.