Touched by God

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Originally published in Spanish under the title Mexico 86: Asi ganamos la copa by Sudamericana, an imprint of Penguin Random House Group Editorial S.A., Buenos Aires.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Maradona, Diego, 1960– author.

Title: Touched by God : how we won the Mexico ’86 World Cup / Diego Armando Maradona ; with Daniel Arcucci ; foreword by Victor Hugo Morales ; translated by Jane Brodie and Wendy Gosselin.

Other titles: Mâexico ’86. English

Description: New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2017. | Translation of: Mâexico ’86 : asâi ganamos la Copa.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017015595 (print) | ISBN 9780143129769 | LCCN 2017016041 (ebook) | ISBN 9781101993408

Subjects: LCSH: World Cup (Soccer) (1986 : Mexico) | Selecciâon Argentina (Soccer team) | Maradona, Diego, 1960– | Soccer Players—Argentina—Biography.

Classification: LCC GV943.5 1986 (ebook) | LCC GV943.5 1986 .M37 2017 (print) | DDC 796.334/6680982—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017015595

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