Maradona's 1986 World Cup final shirt returns to Argentina

Aerial view of a mural of the late Argentine football star Diego Maradona by artist Martin Ron, on October 19, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The mural will be finished and presented for the football star birthday next October 30/AFPPixyears after Diego Maradona helped Argentina beat Germany to lift the World Cup in Mexico City, the shirt he wore in the game has returned to his homeland.

Germany's Lothar Matthaeus, who swapped shirts with Maradona, donated the jersey to the Argentine embassy in Madrid in August and it was handed over to the country's football association by collector Marcelo Ordas on Wednesday. “I want to thank you, Marcelo, for having brought us this armour. An important armour for all of Argentine football. This shirt allowed us to hug each other when we won the title of Mexico,“ AFA president Claudio Tapia said in a statement.Maradona set up Jorge Burruchaga for the winner in the 1986 final at the Azteca Stadium as Argentina triumphed 3-2 to claim their second World Cup title.

Maradona's “Hand of God” shirt, which he wore when he scored two of the most famous goals in soccer history against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals, sold for a then-record 7.14 million pounds at an auction in May. That shirt is on loan to the Sports Museum in Qatar which is hosting this year's World Cup starting on Nov. 20.

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