Ali Bin Nasser
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Ali Bin Nasser is a former Tunisia
Tunisia
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n football referee. His name is spelled as Ali Bennaceur in the official FIFA
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 match reports.

He refereed the match between Argentina
Argentina national football team
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 and England
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 in the 1986 FIFA World Cup
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, where the "Hand of God" by Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona
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 helped Argentina progress to the semi-finals over England. Maradona punched the ball into the net, a move illegal in football; however, Bin Nasser didn't see this and thought that Maradona had headed the ball.

At the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals, he was also the 1st official in the group match between Poland
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 and Portugal
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 as well as an assistant in three further matches at the tournament, including the round of 16 fixture between Denmark
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 and Spain
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