Maradona’s Hand Of God Football Sold At Auction

Maradona’s Hand Of God Football Sold At Auction

The football with which Diego Maradona scored his ‘Hand of God’ goal against England at the 1986 World Cup has sold at auction for 3.35million US dollars (£2.45m). The sale price achieved by Heritage Auctions in the United States was approximately 6.7m USD (£4.9m) below the 10m USD (£7.3m) estimate. The Dallas-based auction house had placed a 2.5m USD (£1.8m) starting price on the Adidas Azteca ball

He controversially punched the opener beyond England goalkeeper Peter Shilton before scoring a superb individual effort, later voted ‘Goal of the Century’.

The Argentina playmaker, who died aged 60 in November 2020, claimed his contentious first goal was scored “a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God”.

He sold the ball in 2022 for 2.37m USD (£1.74m). Its new owner again put it up for auction in 2023 but it failed to meet the reserve price.

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Maradona’s shirt from the match, which belonged to England midfielder Steve Hodge, sold for a record-breaking £7.1m at auction in May 2022, having only been expected to achieve around £4m.

After defeating England, Argentina went on to become world champions for the second time following a 3-2 victory over West Germany in the final.

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