Diego Maradona's top 3 goals in the World Cup

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Diego Maradona - 1986 World Cup

#1 Argentina versus Belgium / 1986 World Cup

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Argentina vs. Belgium - 1986 FIFA World Cup

Maradona's brilliant and polemic performance over England in the quarterfinals, which is often referred to as the greatest match of his career, especially for his second goal. But his following game, against Belgium in the semifinals, is undoubtedly the best of his World Cup career.

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During his fantastic run in the 1986 tournament, Maradona was notable in producing offensive situations for his teammates, but against England and Belgium, he led his squad with goalscoring prowess.

He opened up the game with a great goal to put Argentina ahead 1-0 in the second half. Twelve minutes after, Maradona scored the best goal in his World Cup career.

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Maradona faced three Belgian players and got between them successfully and entered the box in the left-hand side.

Then, his shot left Belgian goalkeeper, Jean-Marie Pfaff, helpless against the Argentinian greatness.

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Edited by Rajdeep Puri
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