According to the Bulgarian Football Association, at the age of 80 Bogdan Donchev, the former lineman who in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup between Argentina and England did not record a goal with Diego Maradona.

Bulgarian ex-referee Bogdan Donchev, who entered the history of football, after he did not notice the goal scored by Diego Maradona with a hand against England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

The duel between the teams of Argentina and England was remembered primarily by two goals of the magnificent Diego Maradona. The first legendary Argentinian scored a hand, and the second recorded to his account after a phenomenal individual passage, during which he en route to the gate beat five opponents.

"It seemed to me that something went wrong," Dontchev told several years ago in an interview with Bulgarian television. - However, in those days, the lateral arbitrators were not allowed to discuss various situations with the main. I think that if for this match a qualified referee from Europe was appointed a judge in the field, the first goal of Maradona would be canceled. This episode destroyed my career, and I will never forgive it for Maradona. He was a great footballer, but a low man, both in growth and moral principles ".

"I was waiting for some sign from Donchev, but he did not give any signal," in turn told his point of view on that episode of the Tunisian arbitrator Ali Bin Nasser. - Before the match we received clear instructions: if a colleague is in an episode in a better position, I should have been guided by his opinion ".

As telecards showed, Bin Nasser was slowly moving towards the gates of the British and was looking at Donchev, but he was absolutely unruffled and made no gesture during the episode with the goal of Maradona.