Under the hashtag “# GritaloporD10s!” (“Shout for Diego, the N10”), the Argentinian Football Federation (AFA) invited the supporters of the Albiceleste to play at 4:09 p.m. (9:09 p.m. HB) precise the soundtrack of the commentator of the match, also historic, and to celebrate Maradona when the ball hits the net.
While the famous “hand of God” lives on in memories, as the mischievous captain himself baptized his first goal in this match, the Argentines put the emphasis on the second, when, starting from the half of the field, Diego Maradona scored the victorious goal (2-1) after dribbling six English players, including the goalkeeper.
Fans were also invited to tell about this goal on social networks and to show the tattoos, very popular in South America, that it induced or any other allusion to this memorable moment for Argentina which has not won any more. world title since.
This quarter-final of the World Cup in Mexico also had a diplomatic connotation for the Argentines who lived it as revenge on England after the defeat in 1982 in the war of the Falklands, off Argentina, in which 648 Argentinian and 255 British soldiers died.
After this quarter-final against England, Argentina had eliminated Belgium in the semi-finals, thanks to a double from Maradona, and won their 2nd World Cup by beating Germany 3-2 in the final.
