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MEXICO 1986

Hand of God, legs of magic
Diego Maradona or Pele? The debate over who is the greatest will perhaps rage forever.
Pele boasts three World Cups to his name, but Maradona, rightly and frequently, points to a domination of a single tournament in a fashion that nobody has matched, before or since. His case is strong and for those who favour a flawed genius over a saintly everyman, there is no contest: Maradona is your man.
An ability to enrage and engage made it impossible to ignore Maradona. In 1978, when just 17, a nation called for him to be picked for the World Cup that Argentina was hosting, but coach Cesar Luis Menotti chose to deny him.
By 1982, in his new home of Spain, 21-year-old Maradona was already the leader. A sending-off for retaliation against Brazil ended Maradona's first World Cup. Mexico four years later provided redemption multiple times over, as he ascended to football immortality. On the way to claiming the trophy at the Azteca Stadium, he scored five goals, supplied five others and inspired an unremarkable group of teammates to Argentina's second title.
It was against England in the quarterfinal that Maradona produced the best moments of that tournament. The 5ft 4 inch tall forward jumped to beat England keeper Peter Shilton to Steve Hodge's attempted back-pass and flicked the ball into the net with his left hand - a goal which he later described as "a little with the head of Maradona, and a little with the hand of God."
That goal was quickly followed by what is recognised as the goal of the 20th century, leaving five Englishmen trailing in his wake as he blazed through their defence, rounded goalkeeper Peter Shilton and placed the ball in an empty net.
The BBC radio commentary, delivered in the Somerset burr of Bryon Butler, told the story beautifully: "Maradona, turns like a little eel, he comes away from trouble, little squat man ... comes inside |Terry| Butcher and leaves him for dead, outside |Terry| Fenwick and leaves him for dead, and puts the ball away ... and that is why Maradona is the greatest player in the world."
Maradona would return four years later, but was never quite the same again. He carried Argentina again to the final again, despite them being, as he put it, "a fragment of what had once been a team."
There, they and he disgraced themselves, having two men sent off as the West Germans won an ugly
final. Argentina's captain shed salt tears in Rome, as an unsympathetic globe looked on. By then, he had achieved a pariah status that would only be magnified by his removal from the 1994 finals for the use of a banned stimulant.
He exited USA '94 just as the world had begun to fall in love with flowing Argentine football again. A maniacal celebration - delivered into TV cameras - after scoring against Greece was either the face of renewed vitality or chemical enhancement.
Maradona's subsequent collapse from his continuing addictions was swift and painful. "I have been, am and always will be a drug addict," he told an Argentinian TV advert in 1996.
Yet, for the millions of adoring fans, Maradona will be remembered as the player who enthralled them with his magic and inspired a nation to its ultimate success.