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First Port Stanley, Now This?? (with The Upshot!) | The History of The World Cup (Part 3/4)
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The entire England-Argentina 1986 quarterfinal is saturated with the Falklands War. Maradona would later write in his autobiography that it felt like beating a country, not a football team — the Argentine boys killed in the Falklands were present in his mind, and this was revenge [1] — Fin Taylor "It was like beating a country, not a football team. Although we had said before the game football had nothing to do with the Malvinas War, …" 43:31 . Two moments define the game and Maradona's legend. First, with a 5'5" Maradona outjumping 6-foot goalkeeper Peter Shilton to punch the ball into the net with his left hand — clearly visible in photographs, missed by Tunisian referee Ali Ben Nasser [2] — Fin Taylor "In the same quarterfinal, Diego Maradona punched the ball into the net past 6-foot goalkeeper Peter Shilton — and then ran 60 yards from hi…" 44:50 . Minutes later, Maradona receives the ball in his own half and runs 60 yards, beating five English outfield players and the goalkeeper in a sequence of movement the hosts describe as the goal of the century, accompanied on screen by iconic Argentine commentary. The Upshot boys reflect on the game's unique quality — England supporters were willing to admire the goal even as they hated the cheating, a cognitive dissonance that endures to this day.
In the same quarterfinal, Diego Maradona punched the ball into the net past 6-foot goalkeeper Peter Shilton — and then ran 60 yards from his own half past the entire English defence to score what is universally considered the greatest goal ever scored. Two moments, one game, one man — and the Falklands War as backdrop.
