El Negro Enrique with the National Team.
The sale of the historic shirt signed by Diego Armando Maradona The two most memorable goals in World Cup history against England (read The Hand of God and the Goal of the Century) continues to bring controversy. After the historic offer of nearly nine million dollars that resulted in winning the auction for the number 10 jacket 17 seconds from the end of the contest, in recent days quite a few actors involved in that historic fight have been driven to comment on the situation. But, if anyone made any noise, it was Peter Shilton. The thing is, furious the former British goalkeeper suffered Diego’s goals and left the English beauty aside to refer to the subject: “I wouldn’t even use it to clean the floor“.
“I would not have traded (t-shirt) Maradona or all the tea in China for what happened that day. I will not use it at home, even to wash the dishes in my bungalow ”, began the goalkeeper, who was obviously unhappy with his partner who asked for a shirt from Diez 36 years ago and now keeps the millionaire’s worth.
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 deliberately kept the secret: “If I and the other players knew Hodgey had a shirt in the locker room, I wouldn’t have done it. In the heat of the game, we would have torn it up, and I bet Hodgey is happy now that he isn’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. “
But, what soon answered him was Negro Héctor Enrique: “Peter Shilton, you’ve had it for years. How good Diego is, how good Diego is. Maradona is a meter and a half tall and he scored a goal with his hands. And he got ahead of you, he used all the magic of the paddock, all the magic of Fiorito. And then he left you lying on the floor. He humiliated you. He humiliated you, not the others, Peter Shilton. It’s in you. And whatever you say about the Argentine jersey: we love it and we defend it with our hearts, we love it. And you, Shilton, you lost that fight, because you don’t have hands “It’s in you and nothing leaves you”.
More phrases from the goalkeeper who suffered on Diego’s goals
Shilton was thrilled that Hodge was able to pocket a large sum from the auction and celebrated that no Argentine has it now: “We have the last laugh. 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 would have thought after that match that this outfit could be worth many years later: “I was captain that day, it still hurts now.The only thing that interested me was winning the World Cup, it never occurred to me to change the shirt with Maradona, but looking at how much it sold, maybe I should have done it.
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 battles of my career. “
Source: Clarin
