The sale of the Maradona shirt is breaking the record

The online auction organized by Sotheby’s ended on Wednesday without announcing the buyer’s name.

Maradona scored twice in the quarter-finals in Mexico City on June 22, 1986, just four years after the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina. The famous No.10 appears to have scored with his head, but in fact he redirected the ball with his fist without the referee seeing it.

Then he said the goal was marked a little on Maradona’s head and a little on God’s hand.

For his second goal, the striker crossed half of the English team with the ball at his feet. He then beat goalkeeper Peter Shilton to score goal of the centuryidentified in a FIFA poll in 2002.

Argentina won that match 2-1 and went on to win the World Cup.

After the match, Maradona exchanged his jersey for English midfielder Steve Hodge, who gave it to the National Soccer Museum in England long before it was sold.

Maradona, considered by many to be the greatest player of all time, passed away in November 2020, at the age of 60, after a life marked by excess of all kinds.

After the auction announcement last month, the footballer’s relatives expressed their doubts that this blue No. 10 jersey was the one he wore in the second half for his two goals. Sotheby’s said it confirmed it was the right shirt with specialist company Resolution Photomatching, a conclusion confirmed by its own chief scientific advisor.

The previous record for a sports memorabilia was set in December 2019, when a consumer paid approximately C $ 11 million to obtain the manifesto that started the modern Olympic movement. As for sports equipment, the old mark of approximately 7 million began in 2019, for the sale of New York Yankees jerseys in the name of Babe Ruth.

Prices include the auction house fee, known as the buyer’s premium.