All players have at one point in their career cheated in some way big or small but to use "all players cheat" in defense of the hand of god goal is stupid.
In 1986 Maradona as an individual contributed more to winning that world cup than any single player has for any world cup winning team so far, he may have been the greatest football player ever and he did far more for Argentina than just that one ugly incident, but without that goal Argentina might not have beaten England and to win a world cup you have to make it to the final. I do not dislike Maradona but that goal is a horrible blight in football history and it disgusts me. Not that there aren't other equally shameless yet less famous acts, but "other people do it too" is not an excuse. For as remarkably good as Maradona he was equally as shameless
In 1986 Maradona as an individual contributed more to winning that world cup than any single player has for any world cup winning team so far, he may have been the greatest football player ever and he did far more for Argentina than just that one ugly incident, but without that goal Argentina might not have beaten England and to win a world cup you have to make it to the final. I do not dislike Maradona but that goal is a horrible blight in football history and it disgusts me. Not that there aren't other equally shameless yet less famous acts, but "other people do it too" is not an excuse. For as remarkably good as Maradona he was equally as shameless
it only disgusts english fans because it's a nice diversion from a worse blight: being on the wrong end of only the greatest goal ever scored which happens to be his second in that game. And he was/is the greatest to ever play the game. up yours pele/fifa
