Go to cheat Maradona’s movie premiere? God, no
Keeper Shilton snubs him over World Cup ‘goal’
Maradona and Reid in quarter-final PETER SHILTON ON HIS SNUB OF FILM PREMIERE Shilton, left, & Peter Reid FOOTIE legend Peter Shilton gave the premiere of a new documentary about Diego Maradona a straight red card.
The goalie, who the cheating Argentinian scored his infamous Hand of God goal against at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, boycotted the event along with other former England stars from the campaign.
The 69-year-old has previously slammed Maradona for his failure to apologise for his appalling sportsmanship and posted of the premiere: “I declined the invitation along with several England ex-players.”
He later told the Mirror: “I’ve got more important things to do... like playing darts.”
He added about his former England teammate: “I think Peter Reid was also playing darts on Monday night.”
Officials failed to spot Maradona using his hand to score, knocking England out 2-1 as Argentina went on to lift the World Cup.
The film, out on
Friday, tells how Maradona arrived in Naples in 1984 for a record fee and “for seven years all hell broke loose”.
The trailer shows his
Hand of God goal in the 1986 quarter-final, which came amid high tensions four years after the Falklands War between the UK and Argentina. Shilton last year blasted Maradona for never apologising, saying: “It’s been 32 years. It goes against my belief football should unite the world. I’ve never wanted to meet him since the Hand of God, because I felt he should have apologised.
“I’ve got a love for football and you have to conduct yourself well but he has gone the other way by blaming the Falklands War. He said he hates the English and that’s the side I don’t like.” In 2005, Maradona, 58, gloated: “I don’t for a second regret scoring that goal.”
Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi, ex-Arsenal star Lee Dixon and Tottenham’s Renee Hector were the only players at the premiere. Maradona has gloated on goal
I’ve more important things to do... like darts