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Padraig Whelan·11 June 2026
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Padraig Whelan·11 June 2026
The Goal of the Century.
That is how Diego Maradona's astounding mazy dribble against England in their feisty 1986 World Cup quarter-final clash has been described.
It is hard to argue with it either as he left Englishman after Englishman in his wake, a man on a mission as he waltzed beyond challenges before poking home after adding goalkeeper Peter Shilton to his list of victims.
Showing some grace towards the team he humiliated when speaking about it after being awarded FIFA's Goal of the Centry, the Argentine admitted that England may have been the only opposition who he could have pulled off such a moment of magic against.
"I don't think I could have done it against any other team because they all just tried to knock you down," he revealed. "But they are probably the noblest team in the world - and they didn't."







































