7 reasons why Diego Maradona is the most controversial football legend

#1 Blasting England

"The hand of God"

There is a reason why there is a sentiment of dislike towards Maradona from the English. After all the Argentina legend scored a goal using his hand against England in the 1986 World Cup and later had the audacity to name it as the ‘Hand of God’, something which perhaps may have coated the fact that he cheated to make Argentina win the World Cup that year.

And as if that incident wasn’t enough of a reason for the English people to dislike Maradona, the Argentine has provided them with more fuel to light up the embers and burn the whole place down.

As England qualified for the quarter-final after beating Colombia, Maradona took the opportunity to criticize the referee for that game and belittle England’s feat.

“I apologise to all the Colombian people, but they must know the players are not to blame. It is the man who decides who is the referee who is to blame. A man like that should not be put in charge of a game of that magnitude.

"With all due respect, Pierluigi Collina, as the man who designates the referees, he is very bad. He must apologise to the Colombian people."

After that, he went on to criticize Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, for not being transparent and also accused the English players of diving.

"I told Gianni Infantino that if I worked for FIFA I would change everything. It has to be transparent. That's why I didn't go there. The referee knows a lot about baseball, but he has no idea about football.

“The Colombian players asked for VAR and he did not give it to them. Twice the English threw themselves to the ground and he did not admonish them. This was theft."

While Maradona will forever be one of the greatest icons of the game, these incidents just show that he is the worst among the legends as he has no regard for the image that he carries.