World Class Goal!

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By Drew Crosby

Yesterday marked 23 years to the day that I was lucky enough to witness (presenciar) one of the best goals ever scored in the history of the World Cup.


My ticket (and souvenir) from the XIII World Cup.

What: Quarterfinals (cuartos de final). XIII World Cup Championship.
When: June 22, 1986. 12:00.
Where: Azteca Stadium, Mexico City.
Who: Maradona, whose two goals took Argentina past England into the semifinals.

The entire scene was awesome (impresionante).

Azteca Stadium is breathtaking (imponente). It’s the fifth largest stadium in the world. There were 105,000 fans there that day.

The Falklands War (la Guerra de las Malvinas) between Argentina and England had only ended four years earlier, and for security reasons the Mexican army deployed (desplegó) several hundred soldiers around the entire stadium.

And of course the goals.

Maradona first scored the famous “mano de Dios” goal. Then, five minutes later, he dribbled down practically the entire field, outmaneuvering (superando tácticamente) five English defenders before scoring his second.

Azteca stadium went crazy.

I’ll never forget this day for as long as I live (mientras yo viva).