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The winning goal was the second goal by Diego Maradona in the quarter-final match, for Argentina against England on June 22 1986 , at the Azteca Stadium , Mexico City ; it came shortly after Maradona's infamous Hand Of God Goal . Nine minutes into the second half, Héctor Enrique passed the ball to Maradona some ten metres inside his own half. Maradona then began his 60 metre, 10 second dash towards the English goal, dodging five English outfield players ( Hoddle , Reid , Sansom , Butcher and Fenwick ) as well as goalkeeper Peter Shilton to make the score 2-0 to Argentina. Gary Lineker scored a goal for England 25 minutes later, but England were unable to equalise and Argentina won 2-1. About the goal, Maradona said, "I made the play to give it to Valdano , but when I got to the area they surrounded me and I had no space. Therefore, I had to continue the play and finish it myself." A statue of Maradona immortalizing the moment has been erected outside the stadium. Recently, Maradona said he could not have scored such a beautiful goal if it had not been against the honest English team, who did not knock him down as most defenses used to do. "They are probably the noblest in the world," he added. THE TOP 10 The top 10 goals, as decided by the poll, were: # Diego Maradona ( Argentina ), vs England 18,062 votes -- a run across half the pitch, duping the whole English defense # Michael Owen ( England ), vs Argentina 10,631 votes -- a counter across half the pitch, duping several Argentinian defenders finished by a spectacular diagonal cross over the goalie # Pelé ( Brazil ), vs Sweden 9,880 votes - a lob over a Swedish defender followed by a precise volley shot past the goalie # Diego Maradona ( Argentina ), vs Belgium 9,642 votes # Gheorghe Hagi ( Romania ), vs Colombia 9,297 votes # Saeed Owairan ( Saudi Arabia ), vs Belgium 6,756 votes # Roberto Baggio ( Italy ), vs Czechoslovakia 6,694 votes # Carlos Alberto ( Brazil ), vs Italy 5,388 votes # Lothar Matthäus ( Germany ), vs Yugoslavia 4,191 votes # Enzo Scifo ( Belgium ), vs Uruguay 2,935 votes EXTERNAL LINKS |
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