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— Key Facts

—The coincidence. Messi broke the World Cup goal record on June twenty-second, the same date as Maradona’s most famous match.

—The original. On June twenty-second, 1986, Maradona scored the “Hand of God” and the “Goal of the Century” against England.

—The gap. Exactly forty years separate the two moments, both on North American soil.