translated from Spanish: They auctioned a faded shirt maradona wore against Brazil in Italy ’90

Great relics of Diego Maradona have been scattered in different parts of the world and in Argentina is where more stories have been given that have to do with the garments that the “10” wore throughout his career in the clubs and especially in the Argentine National Team, where he keeps the best memories. On this occasion, and after 31 years, one of the original shirts that the legend used in the World Cup in Italy ’90 was unveiled, but especially the one he used in the first half of the match against Brazil, remembered for his huge individual play and the definition of Caniggia, to put Bilardo’s team in the quarterfinals.

Diego’s shirt, in this case, was the one he wore in the first half of that match and is part of one of the many he wore for that tournament. According to an official document about that relic, it was five shirts of Talle 4 and five of Talle 3 that were taken away and Maradona always wore the largest. However, the great peculiarity that this shirt has is its color. It belonged until a few days ago to Nestor Aliberti, friend of the late Julio Humberto Grondona, and was exhibited at the Bar Sarandí in Avellaneda where he suffered the deadline and was practically white with the 10 on his back. After going through several tests and an investigation that had an official document signed by the former president of the AFA, who was the one who gave him the jacket, the shirt was auctioned by the juliens auctions house where it started with a base price of $ 10,000 and then ended at $ 51,200.

Original source in Spanish