Maradona and Shilton in the draw before the quarterfinal match between Argentina and England, at the 86th World Cup in Mexico.
36 years have passed since the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, but Peter Shilton you can’t get over it once you’ve worked hard for him Diego Armando Maradona in the quarter-final match between England and Argentina, when the Argentine captain, wearing his emblematic blue shirt that was auctioned this week and for which a Qatari tycoon paid more than 9 million dollars, scored two historical goals against him: the from “hand of God” Y “goal of the century”.
The former British goalkeeper referred to the auction held by Sotheby’s pawn shop and said that Diego’s shirt “I’m not even going to use it for washing dishes.” What will Maradona’s response be? Since the physical loss of the star born in Villa Fiorito, the consolation is in the extensive archive of phrases he left for future generations: “Shilton is a jerk and the goal was with his hand”.
The hand of God. (AP Photo/El Grafico)
The former English goalkeeper, who has always criticized the Argentine for scoring a goal with his hand, has insisted that despite the amount paid for the dress, he will not use it: “I wouldn’t have traded (t-shirt) Maradona or for all the tea in China for what happened that day. I won’t even use it around the house, not even to wash the dishes in my bungalow. “
Speaking to British portal The Sun, Shilton revealed that he was unaware that his partner Steve Hodge had exchanged the jacket with Maradona. He was even convinced that the former midfielder kept the secret: “If I and the other players knew Hodgey had a shirt in the locker room, I wouldn’t do it. In the heat of the game, we would have torn it up, and I bet Hodgey is happy now that he didn’t. He knows what he’s doing when he doesn’t tell us he has it. “
In this regard, he added: “In retrospect, I bet he was glad we didn’t find out. We were furious, it’s a good thing we didn’t. I’m glad an Englishman got in the game. “
THE purpose of the century. (AFP)
Shilton was glad Hodge made a fortune from the auction and celebrated that no Argentine has it today: “We laughed at the end. It was poetic justice for being ripped off at that World Cup. It’s the best deal a footballer can do. “
The 72-year-old former goalkeeper who has won two Champions Leagues with Nottingham Forest admits that no one could have thought after this match that this dress could be worth many years later: “I was a captain that day, it still hurts today. The only thing that interested me was winning the World CupIt never occurred to me to replace the shirt with a Maradona, but looking at how much it sold, maybe I should have.
Steve Hodge in Maradona’s jersey.
Hurt by that elimination, Shilton even smiled for his former partner: “I am happy for him. He has revenge for all of us. He made a lot of money by cheating on Maradona and me. It was a fate for what was one of the hardest games of my career.
Source: Clarin
