Top 10 football goals that made history

John Bridgen 9 years ago 5.3k
Maradona scoring the Hand of God goal. Twitter

Football's unchallenged place in the global imagination means that what happens on the field carries a special resonance. The goals scored aren't just markers of sporting success; they are moments of national glory and humiliation

They become acts of cultural expression and political defiance,  World Cup and League goals can change history. Here are the 10 that did.

Most notably Diego Maradona's two goals against England resonate, his first being later dubbed the 'Hand of God'. His second appears in this video which he manages to weave past 5 England players before slotting it in the back of the net.

The Argentinian would later go on to say in his autobiography that the two goals were "revenge for all the suffering of the Argentine people" regarding the Falkland Island war four years previously.

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Z. Ibrahimovic
L. Messi
Barcelona
Inglaterra
Argentina