Maradona's Hand of God: England's Eternal Trauma
The myth of 1986 still shapes the mentality of the Three Lions today - and perhaps blocks Thomas Tuchel.
Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" at the Aztec Stadium is more than a historic goal; it is the psychological fulcrum that has poisoned English football identity for four decades and presented modern strategists like Thomas Tuchel with an invisible wall. On June 22, 1986, England and Argentina met in the World Cup quarter-finals. In the 51st minute, Diego Maradona made history when he pushed the ball into the goal with his hand - a goal that the referee recognized and that went down in the annals as the "Hand of God".
