{"id":1229899,"date":"2022-10-20T15:21:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T15:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/20\/argentina-celebrates-return-of-maradonas-world-cup-final-shirt\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T15:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T15:21:04","slug":"argentina-celebrates-return-of-maradonas-world-cup-final-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/20\/argentina-celebrates-return-of-maradonas-world-cup-final-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina celebrates return of Maradona&#8217;s World Cup final shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"368\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-20-141221-696x368.png\"   alt=\"Lothar Matth\u00e4us, 61, donated the shirt in August but it has only now been taken to Argentina\" title=\"Lothar Matth\u00e4us, 61, donated the shirt in August but it has only now been taken to Argentina\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lothar Matth\u00e4us, 61, donated the shirt in August but it has only now been taken to Argentina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Argentines are celebrating the return of football legend Diego Maradona\u2019s World Cup final shirt to the country.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-six years after Argentina beat Germany in the 1986 World Cup final, the shirt which Maradona wore in the first half has been handed back to the Argentine Football Association (AFA).<\/p>\n<p>Former Germany midfielder Lothar Matth\u00e4us, who had swapped shirts with Maradona at half time, donated it to the Argentine people.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The AFA thanked him in a moving video.<\/p>\n<p>Another Maradona shirt, which the Argentine wore when he scored the \u201cHand of God\u201d goal against England in the quarterfinal of the 1986 World Cup,\u00a0was sold for a record 7.1m earlier this year. That shirt was put up for auction by former England midfielder Steve Hodge.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the astronomical sum the \u201cHand of God\u201d shirt fetched, Lothar Matth\u00e4us\u00a0told the Daily Mail\u00a0he had never considered cashing his Maradona shirt in.<\/p>\n<p>Matth\u00e4us presented the jersey to the Argentine people at a ceremony at the Argentine embassy in Madrid in August, saying that \u201cDiego is a god in Argentina, that is why it was special to give them the jersey\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo bad he\u2019s not here today,\u201d Matth\u00e4us said of Maradona,\u00a0who died of a heart attack in 2020.\u00a0\u201cDiego will always be present in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shirt went on display at Legends, a museum showcasing historical football pieces in Madrid, before being returned to Argentina by collector Marcelo Ord\u00e1s on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The AFA marked the occasion with an emotional video in which it thanked \u201cour friend Lothar Matth\u00e4us\u201d in the name of all Argentines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the story of a German captain who had an Argentine captain as his friend. And like all friends they exchanged the best things they had, a hug, a piece of advice and the odd shirt,\u201d a narrator says as footage of the two footballing greats embracing plays.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"g0olpS0b5OU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Have hope for tomorrow - Badwam Nkuranhyensem on Adom TV (20-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g0olpS0b5OU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lothar Matth\u00e4us, 61, donated the shirt in August but it has only now been taken to Argentina Argentines are celebrating the return of football legend Diego Maradona\u2019s World Cup final shirt to the country. 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