Ali Bin Nasser
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Ali Bin Nasser (born 2 March 1944) is a former Tunisian football referee. His name is spelt as Ali Bennaceur in the official FIFA match reports.
He is probably best known for allowing the crucial Hand of God goal scored by Diego Maradona of Argentina versus England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. 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.[citation needed]
At the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals, he was also the 1st official in the group match between Poland and Portugal as well as an assistant in three further matches at the tournament, including the round of 16 fixture between Denmark and Spain. [1]
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