Diego Maradona’s eldest daughter asserts that the Argentina shirt anticipated to sell for several million dollars when it is sold at auction this month is not the one that her late father wore when he scored the well-known \u201cHand of God\u201d goal versus England.<\/p>\n

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Dalma Maradona stated the shirt which is supposed to go under the hammer was actually the one worn by her father during the without any goal first half of the 1986 World Cup quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Steve Hodge, the former England player who states Maradona exchanged shirts with him at the end of the match in Mexico City, is selling the shirt, which is set to grab more than \u00a34 million ($5.2 million).<\/p>\n

Auctioneers Sotheby’s strongly disproved Dalma Maradona’s claims, saying an outsider company had given a \u2018conclusive photo match\u2019 that proved it was genuine.<\/p>\n

Sotheby’s also noted that Maradona himself had previously admitted exchanging his shirt with Hodge in the player’s tunnel following their 1986 World Cup classic.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless Dalma Maradona maintains the jersey her father wore in the second half — when he also scored one of the magnificent goals in World Cup history — was in the hands of another owner, nonetheless denied to name them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not that one. I don’t want to say who has it because it’s crazy. He (Diego Maradona) said it. He stated, \u2018How am I going to give him the shirt of my life?\u2019\u201d she notified reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis former player thinks he has my dad’s second-half jersey, but it’s a mix-up. He has the one from the first half.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to clarify that so that people who want to buy it know the truth,\u201d Dalma stated.<\/p>\n

A Sotheby’s representative notified AFP, \u201cThere was indeed a different shirt worn by Maradona in the first half, but there are clear differences between that and what was worn during the goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so, prior to putting this shirt for sale, we did extensive diligence and scientific research on the item to make sure it was the shirt worn by Maradona in the second half for the two goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The photo matching process had included matching the shirt \u2018to both goals examining unique details on various elements of the item, including the patch, stripes, and numbering.\u2019<\/p>\n

It appended that Maradona himself had admitted the source of the shirt himself, in his book \u201cTouched by God,\u201d and he commemorates giving it to Hodge when the game ended.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the way to the locker room, one of the English guys – it turned out to be Hodge, but I wasn’t sure at the time – asked me to swap jerseys with him. I said yes and we did,\u201d Maradona cited in his 2016 memoir about Argentina’s 1986 World Cup victory.<\/p>\n

Hodge, who cited a 2010 autobiography titled \u201cThe Man with Maradona’s Shirt,\u201d paints a close picture of the exchange.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaradona was walking with two of his teammates. I looked him in the eye, tugged on my shirt as if to say \u2018any chance of swapping?\u2019, and he came straight across, motioned a prayer, and we exchanged shirts. And that was it. It was just as simple as that,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

The Sotheby’s representative also noted that the shirt had been a prized reveal at England’s National Football Museum for the past 2 decades, \u2018where innumerable people have seen it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has never been a claim that it’s not the shirt,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

The online auction is all set for 20^{th<\/sup> of April to 4th<\/sup> of May.<\/p>\n}

It is not the first time that the genuineness of a football shirt being hammered has come under scrutiny.<\/p>\n

In 2018, a jersey reportedly worn by Zinedine Zidane during France’s 1998 World Cup final win versus Brazil was taken down from auction shortly prior going under the hammer after doubts over its originality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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