The referee at the centre of Diego Maradona’s Hand of God goal at the 1986 World Cup has broken his silence about his decision to award one of the football’s most controversial goals to Argentina — and has claimed it was not his fault.

Diego Maradona remains in a satisfactory condition in the intensive care unit of the Suizo Argentina Clinic, but is still attached to a machine that is helping him breathe.

Argentina legend Diego Maradona is in the intensive care unit of a Buenos Aires hospital today following his admission with breathing difficulties.