Touched by God
How We Won the Mexico ’86 World Cup
Author: Diego Armando Maradona and Daniel Arcucci
Publisher: Hachette
Pages: 226
Price: Rs 699
Since we’re on about Mexico ’86, it would be nothing short of blasphemy to not begin with the fabled event that went on to define that World Cup. So here it is:
It is June 22, 1986 and the match clock reads 55 minutes on a sun-soaked afternoon at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium. In a seemingly innocuous passage of play, Diego Armando Maradona receives the ball from Hector Enrique inside his own half. England have men behind the ball;