Dalma Maradona (below) said the shirt due to go under the hammer was actually the one worn by her father during the goalless first half of the 1986 World Cup quarter-final
Diego Maradona with his daughter
Diego Maradona’s eldest daughter claims that the Argentina shirt expected to sell for several million dollars when it is sold at auction this month is not the one her late father wore when he scored the infamous “Hand of God” goal against England.
Dalma Maradona said the shirt due to go under the hammer was actually the one worn by her father during the goalless first half of the 1986 World Cup quarter-final. Steve Hodge, the former England player who says Maradona swapped shirts with him at the end of the game in Mexico City, is selling the shirt, which is set to fetch more than £4 million ($5.2 million).
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Auctioneers Sotheby’s strongly refuted Dalma Maradona’s claims on Thursday, saying an external company had provided a “conclusive photomatch” that proved it was authentic. Sotheby’s also noted that Maradona himself had previously acknowledged swapping his shirt with Hodge in the player’s tunnel after their 1986 World Cup classic.
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