Book review: Touched By God - How We Won The Mexico '86 World Cup by Diego Armando Maradona and Daniel Arcucci

Diego Maradona's retelling of Argentina's 1986 World Cup victory is a quixotic joy, writes Noel Baker

Book review: Touched By God - How We Won The Mexico '86 World Cup by Diego Armando Maradona and Daniel Arcucci

If we didn't know if before, thanks to Diego Armando Maradona, we do now - the unlikely influence of Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' on Argentina's memorable World Cup triumph in 1986.

Maybe it's no surprise that the definitive power ballad was an Argentine team bus favourite in Mexico 86, its over-the-top sentiment and chest-rattling delivery chiming with the extraordinary life of Maradona, a man never far removed from drama, much of it of his own making.

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