“I was captain that day, it still hurts now. The only thing that interested me was winning the World Cup, it never occurred to me to change the shirt with Maradona, but looking at how much it has sold, maybe I should have done it”, lamented the Englishman, known in the world for having been the goalkeeper who received both “The Hand of God” and “The Goal of the Century” in the same game.
However, Shilton, who is still angry with Maradona for the goal with his hand, aimed again, as for 36 years, against the Argentine in the framework of the auction of the shirt by the Englishman Steve Hodge, who received 9 million of dollars.
“If we had known that Hodgey had his shirt in the locker room, we would not have made it, we would have torn it into a thousand pieces, and I bet Hodgey is happy now that we didn’t do that. He knew what he was doing when he didn’t tell us he had it,” he continued.
Shilton always showed himself as a public enemy of Maradona because he felt that he made a “ridicule” of him and “cheated”. In fact, he made it clear that he was not going to invite him to his farewell game, which led to a response from the Argentine star: “But who wants to go to your farewell game, Shilton?”
Finally, the ex-footballer said: “I’m glad an Englishman got something out of the game. We’ve had the last laugh. It’s poetic justice for being ripped off in that World Cup.”
Source: Ambito
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