Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez, figure of the Argentine National Team, auctioned this Friday the gloves he used during the World Cup in Qatar. The historic gloves with which he saved a key penalty in the final against France were bought for $45,000amount that will be destined to benefit the room of Oncology at the Juan Garrahan Pediatric Hospital.
The auction was named “Champion’s Gloves” and it was carried out today from 3:00 p.m. through the bidbit.ar platform. ANDl “Dibu” participated in the transmission via zoom and stated: “When they gave me the option of donating the World Cup gloves I did not doubt it, it is a good cause for the boys“.
The auction winner made the purchase anonymously and He took the gloves with which Martínez shone throughout the Qatar 2022 World Cup for $ 45,000.
The auction was led by Diego Korol and minutes before the end, the gloves were offered at $32,500 and quickly the figure began to rise.
Three minutes before closing the auction, the Drawing He wished that “hopefully it will be collected and we will do more things to raise more, that it won’t be just once.”
“The world finals are not played every day, they are special. But it helps a child much more than me to have (the gloves) hanging in a box in my house“, he added.
The coordinator of the Argentine Pediatric Foundation, Jorge Kibudi, also participated, explaining that the initiative of the auction was born “with the ‘Dibu’ who donated these gloves” and in the same sense that the goalkeeper of La Scaloneta hoped that there would be “many other activities throughout the year to help the rooms of the Garrahan and other pediatric hospitals.
Source: Ambito
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