There was controversy surrounding him in playing life. Even at the end of his playing career, Diego Maradona's partner was controversial. Now he is gone. Maradona has been around for almost a year and a half. Maradona has yet to leave behind the controversy! Controversy has erupted over his 'Hand of God' goal jersey against England in the 1986 World Cup.
England's Steve Hodge, who played in that match a long time ago, claimed that Maradona had exchanged jerseys with him at the end of the match. Argentina beat England 2-1 in the quarter-finals in Mexico City to reach the semi-finals. Maradona scored a pair of goals in the quarter-final against England.
The first of which he did ‘Head’. But Maradona scored the goal with his hands. He called it a legend, Hand of God! From then on the name of that goal became 'Hand of God' goal. Maradona's second goal in that match is arguably the best goal in the history of the World Cup.
Steve Hodge claims that Maradona changed his jersey with him as he walked through the tunnel at the end of the match. The former England midfielder is now auctioning that jersey. Auctioneer Sotheby's expects Maradona's Hand of God jersey to sell for more than ২ 5.2 million. While such discussions are going on about the jersey, a controversy was created by Maradona's eldest daughter Dalma. He claimed that the jersey being auctioned was not the jersey worn during those two goals.
Sothabi, however, is dismissing Dalma's demand. According to them, whether this is the jersey or not, has been verified in different ways. According to the agency, Maradona also said that he had exchanged jerseys with Hodge during the match. Dalma claims that the jersey that her father wore later in the second half is with someone else. But he did not reveal the name of the owner.
"It's not that jersey," Dalma told reporters. I'm not saying who owns that jersey. Because, the matter is a little crazy. He (Maradona) has said it. He said, "How can I give him the best jersey of my life?" The former player (Hajj) may be thinking that he got the jersey worn by my father in the second half. But the whole thing is confusing. He got his father's jersey in the first half. ' Because those who want to buy a jersey should know the truth. '
"It's true that Maradona wore a different jersey in the first half," a spokesman for Sotheby's told AFP in the wake of Dalma's claim. But there is a clear difference between the jersey he wore at the time of the goal and the jersey of the first half. " Sothabi claimed that photo matching of the jersey has also been done.
Authorities have reminded everyone that in the book Touched by God, Maradona talks about his jersey with Hodge. In his memoirs on winning the 1986 World Cup in 2016, Maradona wrote: Who he is, at that time I could not be sure. Maybe Hajj. I agreed to change the jersey with him. '
Hodge wrote the same thing in his autobiography, The Man with Maradona's Shirt, in 2010: "Maradona was walking with two of his teammates. I keep an eye on her. I opened my jersey and said, "Can it be exchanged?" He came forward, did something like a prayer and exchanged jerseys with me. '
Such a controversy arose once in 2016 about Zinedine Zidane's jersey. Zidane, a member of France's 1998 World Cup winning team, had his final jersey auctioned. But the auction was called off after a debate over whether it was really a jersey. If all goes well with Maradona's Hand of God jersey, it will be put up for auction on April 20. The online auction will run until May 4.
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