Six months after the shirt worn by Diego Maradona during the notorious 1986 World Cup quarter-final was sold for £7.1 million, the ball used during the exact match has been put up for auction. It is expected to fetch between £2.5 and 3 million as part of a collection of World Cup memorabilia being offered for sale over the next two weeks.The Diego Maradona ‘Hand of God’ ball will be auctioned in England on November 16. The ball is expected to go for between €2.9M – €3.5M. pic.twitter.com/ow3qOntOKv— Mozzart Bet Kenya (@mozzartbetkenya) November 4, 2022 The ball is being auctioned by the referee from the game, Tunisian Ali Bin Nasser, who infamously failed to spot that Maradona handled the ball past Peter Shilton for the first goal, which has become known as the “Hand of God.”Immediately after the game, Bin Nasser claimed possession of the ball, which he asked the three other officials from the game, Bogdan Dotchev, Berny Ulloa and Idrissa Traore, to sign, and has kept it at his home in Tunisia until now.The Diego Maradona ‘Hand of God’ ball will be auctioned in England on November 16. 👋🇦🇷 According to the BBC, the ball is expected to go for between €2.9M and €3.5M. 💰 pic.twitter.com/qbhHpKUOPK— Barstool Football (@StoolFootball) November 3, 2022 The authenticity of the ball has been verified by extensive image analysis called resolution photo-matching.In an era before the multi-ball system was introduced at World Cups, video footage of the game proves that the same ball was used throughout the entire 90 minutes.##NAJAVA_MECA_6786932##The ball has lost its air pressure over time and the auctioneers came to the conclusion that reinflating it will cause damage to its inner layers.
