The Hand of God dies at his home, aged 60, after a long history of drug and cardiac problems. He was rich and famous beyond measure, but his was not a peaceful life.
His two iconic moments are from the same match, against England, of all countries. Four years after a humiliating defeat in war, he managed to defeat Enhland almost by himself. With a display of utter cheek the first time, with a sublime moment of football beauty in the second.