The referee selling Maradona’s “Hand of God” ball for £3million yesterday blamed a linesman for missing the World Cup blunder.
Tunisian Ali bin Nasser, 78, awarded the Argentine legend the opening goal in his side’s 2-1 quarter final win over England at the 1986 Mexico contest.
But he claimed he never spotted Diego Maradona punching the ball over keeper Peter Shilton’s head himself and Bulgarian assistant referee Bogdan Dochev did not flag for it.
