6 Photos Taken Moments Before Everything Went Horribly Wrong

Diego Maradona – The Hand Of God, In Mid-Air

This iconic photo captures the exact moment Diego Maradona punched the ball past England’s goalkeeper in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final. The Argentine legend later called it the “Hand of God”. In the photo, you can see his fist connecting with the ball—and the referee missing it entirely. It’s a moment of pure, audacious cheating that would go down in history as one of the most controversial moments in sports. The photo shows the moment a genius became a villain.