Talk:Hand of God goal
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"The Argentines celebrated while the Englishmen protested, but to no avail. At the press conference after the game, Maradona further infuriated the English by claiming the goal was scored "a little bit by the Hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona". Decades later Maradona did admit that the ball came off his hand; however, he still maintains that it was an accident, in spite of the widely-shown video evidence clearly demonstrating otherwise."
that's a direct quote from the article, i am sorry but whoever is the sorry ass writing this trite it's both irresponsible and unacceptable to publish it. It's also idiotic. Maradona mentioned the hand of god, that, for anyone with an iq above that of a lizard means, a hand in soccer terms, he did not need to admit it later on, it's a sad fact that some british bruised ego imperialist is using his geeky keyboard to berate one of football greats. Sad sod.
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"wooly" language
Mintguy wrote: "clearly demonstrated that he touched the ball with his forearm"
- That doesn't mean that it wasn't an accident, so the sentence is in effect pointless. The current UEFA rules, at least, specify that hand contact with the ball is allowed if it's accidental. The criterion in determining that, is whether the player's hands are in an unnatural position or not. In other words, if the player is leaping out towards the ball with their hands, it's not accidental; if their hands are in an ordinary position when touched by the ball, it is. --Shallot 11:17, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Fair point, although the LOTG make no specific reference to accidental handball they do use the word deliberate, so the point is conceeded. However, the phrasing of the sentence as it stood before ("that demonstrated how his hand was in an unnatural position, which is the criterium for declaring it a foul.") was confusing, particularly as there is no such word as "criterium". I think you meant "criterion". Mintguy (T) 11:58, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Yeah, sorry, I tend to misspell that word. I'll try to phrase the sentence properly next time. :) --Shallot
- Fair point, although the LOTG make no specific reference to accidental handball they do use the word deliberate, so the point is conceeded. However, the phrasing of the sentence as it stood before ("that demonstrated how his hand was in an unnatural position, which is the criterium for declaring it a foul.") was confusing, particularly as there is no such word as "criterium". I think you meant "criterion". Mintguy (T) 11:58, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Category Goals
That is a really poor choice for a category name, goals are scored in many sports and the word itself does not even imply a sporting meaning. I suggest that Football (Soccer) Goals would be better but what is the purpose of the category anyway - does it fit in a heirarchy of categories? Bob Palin 14:56, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)