The uniform worn by legendary soccer player Diego Maradona when he scored the so-called "God's Hand Goal" at the 1986 World Cup was put up for auction and was the highest-priced sports-related exhibit in history. It was sold for over 1.1 billion yen.
The auction was for the Argentine national team uniform worn by Maradona in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup Mexico tournament against England.
In this match, Maradona took the lead with a "God's hand goal" that pretended to be a header and pushed the ball with his left hand, and then led the team to victory with "5 players" who passed the opponents one after another and scored additional points. Argentina finally won the tournament.
Maradona's uniform was rented out to the museum by an English player who exchanged it after the match, but it was recently put up for sale, and according to the auction company, it was sold for about £ 7.14 million (¥ 1.16 billion in Japanese yen). I did.
This is the highest price ever for a sports-related listing.
The winning bidder has not been disclosed.
Maradona had died and the family claimed that the uniform wasn't what they wore during these plays, but the auction company examined the footage and photos of the match and embroidered the national emblem. It means that it was confirmed to be genuine from the characteristics of.
The fact that "video judgment", which was not available at the time of "God's Hand Goal", was performed this time is also a hot topic.