The ball with which Diego Maradona scored one of the goals against England in the 1986 World Cup, in a move he said was with the help of the “hand of God”, was auctioned this Wednesday for two million pounds.
London-based auctioneer Graham Budd announced in October that it was expecting a sale of between £2.5 (EUR 2.8 million) and £3 million (£3.4 million), well above its previous record sale of £420,000 (£420,000). 479,000 euros) raised with the Olympic flame from the Helsinki 1952 Winter Games.
The ball auctioned this Wednesday was used on June 22, 1986, during the quarterfinal game of the World Cup in Mexico, in which Argentina beat England by 2-1, four years after the conflict between the two countries. , with the Malvinas War.
In the game, Maradona’s two goals went down in history, the first in the 51st minute, in a move in which the referee did not detect the Argentine player’s infraction, placing his hand next to his head, making the movement to deflect the ball.
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