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28th November 2020
02:44pm GMT

COLE: First of all, we've got to pick up the great man there - Glenn Hoddle... and we just want to talk about what VAR would have made of this challenge, which I missed over all these years. CROUCH: I don't think anyone has ever talked about this! It's an assault. COLE: It's an absolute assault! And whenever you talk about Maradona, there's an asterisk because of the era he played in. No England player has even batted an eye-lid (about that tackle on Hoddle). Look at the ref. He's got a great view of it but he's not batted an eye-lid. Look at the crowd, there's no-one... CROUCH: No-one on their feet. That's a straight red in this day and age. COLE: Straight red.With that, host Jake Humphrey jumped in and asked if Cole and Crouch thought VAR would jump in, had that happened in 2020, and suggested the goal be ruled out for a foul on Hoddle. Cole agreed before Crouch added:
"The greatest goal we've ever seen would've been chalked off."Given the era the goal was scored in, Cole joked that Terry Fenwick, who was already on a yellow card for an earlier foul on Maradona, could have gone "wallop" to end the Argentinean No.10's run just outside the box. After the video plays out with Maradona sitting Shilton down and side-footing home, Crouch remarks, "Every touch is just perfection." Hard to argue with that. https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1332662333148172290 "You know when you see genius," Cole exclaimed as they played the goal back at full speed. That Maradona goal was just that - pure genius.
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