Ali Bin Nasser

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Ali Bin Nasser is the football referee who allowed the crucial Hand of God goal scored by Diego Maradona of Argentina versus England. Despite the ball being obviously punched into the net, a move illegal in football, Bin Nasser allowed the goal. He would later claim in some interviews that it was due to a latent haemorrhoidal condition and the treatment he was receiving that caused his farsight vision to be somewhat unfocused, a claim many have laughed off over the years.