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Peter Shelton, the legendary former England goalkeeper, said his teammates at the 1986 World Cup still have difficult memories of Diego Maradona’s goal.
Maradona, 60, died on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack at home, after undergoing brain surgery two weeks ago.
Maradona scored a goal with his hand against Chilton, before returning minutes later and scoring a goal in which most of the England players dodged from the center of the stadium to exclude the English from the World Cup in Mexico.
“He is one of the best players of all time,” Shelton told Sky Sports, “he won the World Cup for Argentina.”
“We (the England 86 members) are suffering because he has not shown any sportsmanship.”
“You can cheat or make mistakes. Raise your hand (and score) and continue without a problem,” he added.
“I don’t think the philosophy in some countries is like the one we have,” he continued.
“The goal always left a bitter taste, but now it has disappeared. He (Maradona) is gone and you have to celebrate how great he is.”
Shelton recalled the scenes of the goal and what happened before Maradona reached for the ball in his hand, saying: “It was almost offside but Steve Hodge covered it, and here I thought (should I get out of my goal or give preference one of the best players in the world?) “
“I think Maradona said he raised his hand because I was close to the ball. He was smart, so he clicked the ball and jumped his head at the same time. I looked for the referee to whistle, but the rest is history.”
He concluded: “I didn’t expect Maradona to go to the referee and tell him that I touched the ball with my hand, but after the game he talked about the goal and described it as (the hand of God) and did not apologize. He put salt on the wound.” .
Shelton has participated in 125 games with the England team.
