Gary Lineker discusses Diego Maradona and the 1986 World Cup | Goalhanger 

Lineker shown himself a real sportsman in his tributes...doesn't go on about the hand ball like the rest of the English media ..simply says Maradona was the best and pays him due respect....class

I'm 45 and for me I've never seen a player better

The second goal from Maradona vs England absolutely the best goal ever

Gary Lineker, great player and such a gentleman

there is no substitution for our Diego. we miss him every moment.

"A lot of England fans will never forgive Maradona for what he did. But if Gary Lineker had done it at the other end, he'd still be hailed as a hero." (Chris Waddle)

Gary Lineker is a top human being

His talent was truly a gift from God..Never seen such audacious, unadulterated ability before and not sure i ever will again..R.I.P El Diego

We love you Gary, greating from Argentina!

Maradona was the greatest footballer ever. Period. A gracious tribute from one of English football’s finest goal scorers ever, the prolific Gary Lineker.

I was 17 when Maradona scored 2 goals against England, hes like a mini tank, the bravest the most determined player on the pitch. The final against German, the Argentines were quite relaxed cruising to victory. I also remember his first goal against Belgium was a screamer, Belgian's dirty violent tackles all over on him, he was fearless.

Best player I've ever seen since the 70's, ridiculous talent.

Yes his second goal was the greatest goal ever scored, because of the circumstances

Great to hear from a man who was there. Takes a great player and person like Gary to recognise genius.

Lineker is a class act and a true gentleman.

Really like Lineker. A true gentleman and very good footballer.

Such a nice guy Gary respect.

Gary Lineker. Great guy!

Gary forgives Diego because of the incredibility of the 2nd goal. And ofcourse his immense talent generally, beautiful. R.I.P Diego

Nice words, Gary. You have shown yourself not only as a great footie player, but also as a magnificent person.

there won't be another one like him. Thanks Diego for everything!

Diego, quite simply, is the best we've ever seen, or will ever see grace a football pitch! R.I.P Diego, you were a magician and a total genius with the ball at your feet and thanks for the memories! D10S 🇦🇷⚽🇦🇷⚽🇦🇷⚽🇦🇷

Gary is exactly one month younger than Maradona, but is in admirably good shape. Kudos for that and happy to see it. Maradona is the best football player I have seen and arguably the best ever, for all the passion and epic he brought to the sport. RIP, Diego.

Gary Lineker , you are a great football player . And also a great gentleman....

Class bloke Gary...! Sheer class man, sheer class man...his second goal made amends for the notorious goal...the most notorious goal and the most famous goal in one game...that was Armando....! From Ireland West....

May his soul Rest In Peace 🙏Don Maradona you will never be forgotten 😞🙏

Best player ever to kick a ball. Unbelievable!!

I am southamerican and really admire Lineker. Such a gentleman.

Man, it's sad to lose people RIP Diego Maradona. You're a legend and a true baller. I must say I always enjoyed what you bring to football. Thank you legend. May God bless your soul.

I love Gary so much. What a great human! I saw when he meets Diege in Argentina. Great person!

It's undoubtedly the hand,the first one, but he shows that he's genius in the second

You absolutely right Gary , it was maradona's world cup with hand of God or without it 😄, finally Gary was great striker, right now he's great Sports programs presenter and love his TV show

Lineker......ur a piece of gentlemanship....we enjoyed watching ur goal scoring ability....ur Greater than the great players....: From Maradona fan....

Rest in peace genius ❤️ Greatest player ever

GARY LINEKER. AMAZING PLAYER. NICE VIDEO. GREETING FROM ARGENTINA.

His genius and skill will always outshine the negatives. Probably the best footballer of all time.

The pitch condition at the Azteca did not affect Diego because that's what he was used to playing on, growing up poor in Argentina. It was nothing for him

The hand ball a moment in time a situation and Maradona stuck his fist up,probably thinking the keeper has this ,but he wheels away in celebration as any player would,but then he says the hand of God which was brilliant, and being Irish i thought that's a direct quote to the English thatcher and co.

The best player of all time! Diegooooooooooo

The greatest Jedi of football.

Everyone i read agrees with me in what a gentleman Gary is, no matter frontiers. I'm argentinian

Dear Gary, thx for ur tribute of Maradona. U are a deep humanist and have a deep empathy, thx for that. That’s good for the soul. I am Swiss, former (modest 😂😂) professional footballer (1983-1987), and appreciate a lot Maradona...a legend...everybody speaks about the against England....but in world championships his incredible game was against Belgians…(I show this play to my two sons...so they will for ever who was Sir Diego Maradona… A suggestion: England should posthumously give the rank of Sir Diego Armando Maradona. England, Argentina and Maradona...you are link for ever.... Take care

The generations after 70s and 80s cannot appreciate what talent he was, what he had to overcome on the pitch and how skilful he was with the ball. He call it the hand of god but it was like god playing not a player, people followed every move he was making in expectation of something magical and in many cases he produced magic on field. When he pass away, at the moment I heard on the TV the world just froze, suddenly everything disappeared around just the thought that was so unbelievable so crushing. Felt like someone very close to me was gone and I cried. That was Maradona’s effect on fans. He is one of the greatest of all time , I don’t wanna argue who’ s better obviously there are a few player that could be put in this category but for me personally he has no compare, his skills and iron will to win at all cost makes him the top for me. Messi is like his reincarnation and had longer spell on the top better discipline but I still stick with Maradona. RIP Diego , we will never forget you the memories of you are part of us till we die.

Maradona is a legend. I would have loved for him to have played in a Scottish club side. He scored incredible goals, against many teams.

Great comment Gary Lineker, thanks for your honest and respectful words about el D10s...👍👍🤝🙏🙏

It's shame, disappointing , and frustrating ..to see all, yes All the Media, everywhere around the world , from the first moment when they knew Maradona has past away , they're all started talking about the goal that he scored using his hand... It's shame and disrespect to all of his great history ....Not Happy

Yes , Maradona was unbelivably talented

Lineker is probably the most honest Englishman on earth and he understands the cultural difference between Europeans and South Americans in that many players comes from the slums where every single day was a struggle to survive which meant winning at all cost even if it means having to deceive. For them, there is no shame in that. If fact, the people would admire you more for that for having the presence of mind to take advantage of the situation in order to win the game. It's something which many Argentinian have to do to survive.

Such a gentleman, Lineker.

Thank you Gary Great video 😊

Great player and person,Gary.

Gary Lineker was a great football player and he is a very beautiful person! I like him!

TQ Gary,i watched that game and also Maradona against Belgium,no disrespect to Pele,Best,Christiano or Messi,the amount of serious and dangerous tackles that he had to endure on the pitch is really mind boggling,he was by far The Greatest Footballer all times even on Maradona's worst day he is still better than Pele and others Thank you for the memories Maestro(RIP)

Rest In Peace Maradona the legend

A thing of beauty! As an Irish man this was the greatest thing I've ever seen!!!

The greatest ever

No words can b enough to define him Maradona was simply the finest ever. He had made no 10 as the most respected. No 10 means Maradona.

I beg to differ, he wasn't amongst the greatest of all time. But ( THE GREATEST) ever

R.I.P Diego Armando Maradona 😞

Such a gentleman Gary.

“Maradona has the ball, two mark him, he touches the ball. The genius of world football dashes to the right and leaves the third and is going to pass to Burruchaga. It’s still Maradona! Genius! Genius! Genius! Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta. Gooooooooooal! Gooooooooooal! I want to cry! Dear God! Long live football! Gooooooooooal! Diegoal! Maradona! It’s enough to make you cry, forgive me. Maradona, in an unforgettable run, in the play of all time. Cosmic kite! What planet are you from? Leaving in your wake so many Englishmen, so that the whole country is a clenched fist shouting for Argentina? Argentina 2, England 0. Diegoal, Diegoal, Diego Armando Maradona. Thank you, God, for football, for Maradona, for these tears, for this, Argentina 2, England 0.”

Lineker is a glory of world soccer and a genius of the sport on his own right. Because he was a genius he understands genius. I feel bad for him not getting the WC in 1990 due to England not having a goalie. My respects.

Gary linekar and maradonna...both are stars

Still I cry when I see tributes to this great player all the times Diego Maradona the best player

What a gentleman this is

Forgot to mention what he did against Belgium and Germany 🙌🙌🙌🙌 simply THE GOD of football.

You are a true gentleman and great player yourself.

Grazie mio capitano ! Ciao Diego 😢😢

What’s forgotten in the England v Argentina game is probably the greatest goal line clearance in history too, by Olarticochea using the back of his head to deny Lineker a certain equaliser from right on the line.

I am Argentinian, I love Maradona, but this man is pretty handsome :D I write on my laptop, where are the hearts?

I am ok with the hand of God. We have seen similar occasions every now and then as well. Henry sticking it with the hand, Juventus getting penalties out of no where, even now with VAR they somehow still get it wrong. AND, on very important matches as well. BUT, as far as this game goes, I am ok with it..just because the next Maradona goal counted for 2 anyway :) Or maybe 3...Gary is not shy of his awe towards Maradona and I admire that to a man, acknowledging the genius that Diego was. By FAR the No1, for me sharing the spot only with phenomenon Ronaldo. I remember when I saw Ronaldo first time and I had seen Maradona on his prime live as well and I was:" Holy shit..here is the new Maradona finally!!!"...

Yeah I remember 1986. School boys all over the world after school finish play and would pretend they were Maradona. During that world cup school boys allover the world were talking about Maradona. He was out of this world.

Respect to Sir Lineker for being so objective and humble.

From italy, gary you are a great person

The left back was Olarticoechea and he jokes with the 86 team mates, the inside joke is that he calls that "back of the head of God"

You can feel his compassion for the game

Gary I love you, I grew up on you since I was a little boy. You are a great football player and a lovely person, thank you from the people of Israel

Still crying since 1986

You should look for the clip likely filmed in Argentina, where the pitch is just mud! with large pools of water everywhere Diego skipped past several players and sloted it past the keeper like he was playing on Wimbledon Centre Court grass.

Look at the run BEFORE the handball. He cut through the English defence as if they weren't there AND then out jumps Shilton (Maradona is 5'5")

El ingles mas querido por los argentos !!!!gary crack gracias 👏👏👏

Si fuese por Gary, nos devuelven las Malvinas. Buen tipo. Casi aplaude al Diego en plena cancha. Gracias Diego por tanto. Gracias Gary por bancar la parada

Well said Gary

Brilliant words from Gary - I agree with him not simply calling Maradona the greatest, there are Pele, Best and Messi in that mix too, but that second goal was surely the greatest individual goal of all time.

aahhhhhhhhhhhh i have nothing but RESPECT for you Gary Lineker...you are too one of the best players ever...and hear you talking like this just well fuck. you are great...now im gonna cry

I think the biggest compliment you can pay Maradona is who were the other players in the teams he played with? Mostly people won't know because with respect to those players he massively outshone them. Think of all the other greats who have played and you will definitely be able to name players that were world class around them that helped give those players the space to play. He did it for club and Country. He did it on the biggest stage. He was simply in his time in a league all on his own. I will never forget his performance in the 86 world Cup he literally blew away team after team and scored the greatest individual goal in a world Cup. Messi is the closest to him technically but he never achieved the international success Maradona achieved.

Gifted Player! We wont see another Maradona in a long long time....

Regarding the hand of God goal, from when Diego passed the ball which was back passed by Terry Fenwick, Diego magically anticipated where the ball would end up, he made 15 yards, while all other players were ball watching, for a 5'5 player he scored a lot of goals with his head, but how on earth did he manage to get his head anywhere near a 6'2 Shilton with his arms up, ok, he added the last inch or two with his hand, but it was another piece of genius to be in that position regardless.

Diego Maradona, how you amazed and entertained 100's of millions perhaps even a Billion around the world. I only played football because you made me love the sport, and as a result I have enjoyed many years and made many life long friends, at times in life when I felt lost it was football that helped, my team mates I spoke to and team mates I helped in there time of need. I have medals and trophies and many happy memories, friends and old rivals who I sometimes see in traffic, a restaurant or super market, all because I saw Diego Maradona work magic with his feet, Argentina became my second team at every world cup and Napoli my second club. Through it all we see you still smile in this video, your tired legs once took you to highest greatest feats, then struggled to keep you steady on your feet, it saddens me that such a man died alone in his room when he influenced millions to enjoy being with so many others together on a football pitch. As a man I understand life gets tough and you get beat, so I never judged you in life's defeats, I hoped you would one day find in peace and grace us once again and give us another chapter, but no matter you gave us enough magic to last forever......Thank you Diego.

till date football is alive we people will always talk and hear about these two goals scored by the God of football

Let's put Maradona's genius goal in context, can you imagine any Premier league or England player having the balls or talent say bolx i'll do it myself, never in a million years, the ball would be passed around going nowhere like the fanny's todays players are, Maradona different planet

Hand of good,that's the reason Peter Shelton became famous

Diego Armando Maradona the best of the best of the best of the all times

Se agradece el gran respeto que este Señor tiene por el Diego..

Only Fenwick noticed that handball of Maradona. The rest were influenced by the Fenwick's reaction. Neither Shilton noticed that handball of Maradona.

Real gentleman

Lineker & Maradona were not just born on the same year they were just a month apart. Maradona was born on October 30th. Lineker born on November 30th.

Gary himself will go down as one greatest who played the game.

Sheer respect to Gary Lineker. He is the only english player that shows adulation for Maradona.

At least Gary is honest here, gotta give credit where it’s due .. but Maradona was some kinda special .. RIP Diego