Buenos Aires, Argentina.- The shirt he wore Diego Armando Maradona at the end of Mexico World Cup 1986who won the Albiceleste, returned to Argentina on Tuesday after being donated by the German Lothar Matthaus, his rival in the decisive match.
“The shirt used in the 86 World Cup final by our legend Diego Armando Maradona returned to the country. Yes, he returned to the House of Argentine Soccer. Armor, relic and treasure of one of our greatest exponents of world football”, reported the Argentine Soccer Association (AFA) through social networks.
The emblematic shirt had been donated two months ago by the German Matthaus, the previous owner of the shirt. “Very proud to have recovered the Armor of Diego Maradona in the final of Mexico 1986. Very soon everyone will be able to afford to visit it. Thank you Marcelo Ordás, The Legends and especially Lothar Matthaus, who from now on has the doors open to this house”, added the president of the AFA, Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia.
Matthaus He played in the World Cups in Spain 1982, Mexico 1986, Italy 1990, the United States 1994 and France 1998. The emblematic German player lost the final of the World Cup in Mexico 3-2 against Argentina in Maradonawho thus obtained his second and last world title.
“As friends we always used to exchange shirts, and in that game I didn’t have much time in the break, we just changed the shirts and we’ll talk later,” Matthaus said a couple of months ago when donating the shirt in Spain.
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“That day Argentina won in a very deserved way, not only because of Diego but because the whole team was very strong. Afterwards there was no time to talk much because he was celebrating and I was with my team, “said the German.
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