Team: ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM #10
Season: 1989
Competition: AMERICA CUP |  Group B Stage | Leg 1
Game: ARGENTINA vs CHILE (1-0)
Date: 02/07/1989 | Serra Dourada Stadium | Goiania, Brazil.
Player: DIEGO MARADONA
Lot Type: PLAYER PROVENANCE | SWAPPED | PHOTO MATCHED HISTORICAL MUSEUM PIECE 

COA: Full deluxe COA from Dream Auction included. Personalized video and signed COA  from player provenance to the winner will be included for this lot . 

PROVENANCE: Unique and incredible provenance from the player  himself who swapped with Diego, the former international chilean defender Héctor "Ligua" Puebla.Puebla was an experienced defender  

SEE PHOTO PROOF OF HÉCTOR PUEBLA HOLDING THE AUCTIONED JERSEY. More general photos and videos available during the bidding stage for genuine interested customers. 

THE STORY BEHIND THE JERSEY. Among the memories that former Cobreloa and national team defender, Héctor Puebla, keeps in his home in La Ligua, one of them occupies a special place: Maradona's shirt, which he obtained after marking the then world football star, in the match between the Chilean and Argentine national teams for the 1989 Copa América. In a previous match between the two teams in 1985, Puebla had asked the Argentine '10' for his shirt, but he had refused the possibility of exchanging them saying ""The albiceleste is not for swapping" .  In the match valid for the continental tournament 4 years later , Puebla entered the field with a clear order from coach Orlando Aravena: "follow Maradona." "Don Orlando told me that if he went to the bathroom, I would follow him to the bathroom," During the match, Maradona touched the ball on a few occasions, due to the strong marking of Puebla, who only committed three fouls on him during the entire match, even Diego himself saying after the match it was one of the best marks on he had ever had in his life, so everything was happening as if to repeat the same story from 4 years ago however 15 minutes before the end of the match, Maradona and Puebla had a little conversation......The rest is part of the history and now coul be yours!

NOTE 1: ATTENTION!!! GIVEN THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORLWIDE KNOWN JERSEY STORY, HECTOR PUEBLA AGREED TO PRIVATELY DELIVERY THIS LOT TO THE WINNER, AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEEET & GREET TO THE NEW GUARDIAN OF THIS AMAZING AND FIRST TIME UP FOR AUCTION LOT. SO FINALLY MAKING THIS LOT AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME FOR WHOEVER IS THE LUCKY WINNER. (Meet & Greet option only to be held  in Chile)

NOTE 2: UNIQUE, UNBEATEBLE AND WORLDWIDE AUDIOVISUAL PROOF. Dozens of press ,TV releases and newspaper publications about this story can be found on social media at the time and now, including in the international press, giving this garment a foolproof endorsement that serves as an investment for major collectors and museums worldwide.

NOTE 3: UNWASHED. This museum piece from the most important and influential player in history  is in the same condition as it ended the match, having been kept in various safe places over the last 35 years and is up for auction for first time ver.

NOTE 4: THE GREATEST. Jersey with a small thread unstitched under the right armpit produced during the match, silent witness of that day. According to Puebla, "in those years Diego was very muscular and I remember that the jersey was a bit tight on him, however his speed and technique on the pitch were unique. I remember that he shouted to his teammates throughout the match: give me the ball at my feet!, at my feet!  Diego was magical, and I thank God that the greatest has decided to keep a piece of his story with me."

Link of interest:  CLICK HERE TO VIDEO VIEW