2024-07-23 13:51:03
23/07/2024 10:51 am. Updated 23/07/2024 11:00
On May 25, 1986, at the Azteca stadium, Diego Maradona had one of the most memorable performances of his entire career. WE HADThat afternoon, Argentina beat Belgium 2-0 in the World Cup qualifier in Mexico and El Diez scored both goals. Actually, two big goals. That action was overshadowed, in the background, by what happened three days before when, Against England, Diego scored the Hand of God and the best goal in the history of the World Cup. But that great game he played against the Belgians is still a part of history.
After that meeting, again on the playing field, Maradona replaced his number 10 shirt with the yellow shirt and gloves of Jean Marie Pfaff, Belgium’s goalkeeper. There were hugs and clear signs of observation from the Belgian to the Argentine star even though he suffered it in 90 minutes. And the good vibes between the two were noticed in that crossing.
Pfaff, a famous European footballer in the 1980s who saved for Bayern Munich and was the best in the world in his position, kept that shirt for the next 38 years. In the middle, more precisely in 2016, 30 years after that game, Pfaff met Maradona again. He brought the shirt and asked him to sign it. Ten accept and write: “Give Jean Marie good, with all my love, Diego (10).”
The shirt that is Diego’s signature and which scored two unforgettable goals will be sold on August 22 in New York. Sotheby’s, the famous auction house, made the announcement through its official site and included many pictures of that pure blue and white dress.
Maradona’s shirt against Belgium in ’86 will be auctioned in New York.“I have noticed this shirt for almost four decades, since Diego and I exchanged things after that unforgettable weekend. “Competing against one of the great footballers is an honor but being a friend is even more important,” the former goalkeeper explained in a Sotheby’s statement.
In 2023, the shirt was on display at the “Museum of Sympathetic” in Beveren, Belgium. Before that date it had been kept in a Belgian bank’s safe deposit box. But From July 26 to 30, Maradona’s 10 can be seen at Sotheby’s headquarters in New York.
According to the home auction, Maradona’s shirt against Belgium It can sell for close to a million dollars. Those who are interested will be able to make their offer online: the bidding period is already open and there is time until August 22. Who will take care of it?
Goals against Belgium:
Diego Maradona –
Maradona’s goals against Belgium in Mexico 86
The shirt against England
Sotheby’s has the experience of auctioning items belonging to Maradona. In 2022, the shirt that Diego wore in the famous match against England in Mexico 86 was sold and that replacement, blue color, was in the hands of Steve Hodge, a former English player. AFA, through businessman Marcelo Ordas, participated in the auction with the idea of rewriting the history of Argentine football. However, while supplies last, an agent from the Middle East (the real identity of the buyer is never known) He kept the shirts to say the game by paying almost 9 million dollars.
MADRID, 04/06/2022.- The Argentine national team shirt worn by Diego Armando Maradona in the match against England, in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, where he scored the two winning goals (2-1), is up for auction by Sotheby’s auction house, and it is estimated that it can reach a value of 6 million pounds (about 7.2 million thirteen). EDITORIAL/SOTHEBY USE ONLY / AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THE NEWSLETTER (CREDIT REQUIRED)
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