When you think of brilliant individual sports moments which turn a game, you have to include Maradona's goal vs England in 1986. It was, in fact, voted by fans as the "Goal of the Century" on FIFA.com in 2002. It remains, 10 years on, the defining moment of his career, the moment where a plucky 5"5 Argentinian took on half the England team and won.
The 1986 World Cup quarter final was hanging in the balance at the start of the second half when Maradona shocked England by scoring two goals in 4mins. His first was the infamous "Hand of God" where he blatantly used his hand to punch the ball into the net. The second, though, was legitimately a masterpiece...
Receiving the ball 60m away from the goal, Maradona proceeded to out-dribble and juke around six English players to score. The ease with which he runs around the English is astounding, it almost looks like he's on a fast-forward setting, compared to the rest of the players. In today's game, this play would never have happened due to the physical nature of the game. Therefore, this goal will stand alone as the best single run of all time.
Argentina would eventually win the match 2-1 and would go on to win the tournament. Maradona won the best player of the tournament award and would become known as one of the Top 5 greatest football players, ever. Nothing was more instrumental in his becoming a football legend than this goal.
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