World Cup: 5 refereeing mistakes where VAR would have altered history

#1 Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal: Argentina vs England (1986)

Diego Maradona's Hand of God is the most controversial goal in football history

(Come on, you knew this goal would make the list...)

In the span of four minutes, people's perception of Diego Maradona ranged from a lying cheat to one of the greatest of all time. There's no other way to sum up his performance against England when Argentina met them at the quarter-final stage of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

Early in the second half, Maradona cut in form the left hoping to play a one-two with Jorge Valdano. When the Real Madrid man returned the ball to him with a lob, it looked like goalkeeper Peter Shilton would punch it clear.

Shilton is seven inches taller than Maradona and obviously had the better reach and yet Maradona leaped into the air, holding up his fist and getting to the ball before the Three Lions goalkeeper.

It was clearly a handball but Maradona celebrated like he had scored and hissed at his teammates to come celebrate with him so the referee wouldn't have second thoughts.

Had VAR been in use, Maradona's goal would not only have been disallowed but he would have also received a yellow card. If relations between the countries had been strained by the Falklands War, this only exacerbated the hostility between the two nations.

However, Maradona would then silence the critics with what would later be deubbed the 'Goal of the Century' as he waltzed past a number of English players and the goalkeeper before finding the back of the net.