Diego Maradona

USA has Babe Ruth, Argentina has Diego Maradona.  Years of rampant cocaine use and whoring haven't done much in the way of tarnishing the reputation of the former futbol champion.  After the humiliating defeat Argentina suffered in The War of the Falkland Islands against England (1982), it was Diego Maradona that scored two goals  to deafeat England in a world cup match, (1986) thus restoring pride to the Argentine people.  Here is the second of those goals.

The fact that Maradona clearly scored the first of those goals with his hand is an additional source of gratification for the Argentines, and that goal has since become known as "la mano de dios" or "the hand of God."  Here is a song that is dedicated to that historical moment and the man behind the myth.