DIEGO MARADONA’S “Hand of God” ball has failed to sell at auction for a second time in four months.
Bids were made but fell short of the £2.5million asking price.
The person selling the ball is Ali Bin Nasser, the referee from the 1986 World Cup clash between Argentina and England when the iconic moment happened.
He failed to spot Maradona using his hand to beat England’s Peter Shilton to the ball and guide it into the goal to help his side win the quarter-final 2-1
Despite the incident being one of the most controversial and iconic of football history, bids for the ball only reached £1.4m.
In November, the ball failed to sell at London-based auction house Graham Budd Auctions.
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Bids then reached a monumental £2m.
However, that was £500,000 under the asking price set by Bin Nasser.
Maradona’s shirt from that game was sold for £7.7 million last May.
This sale is believed to be the highest price ever paid at an auction for a piece of sports memorabilia.
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Argentina went on to win the World Cup in 1986 after dumping out England.
Maradona scored twice against Belgium in the semi-finals to help his side to a 2-0 win.
He did not get on the scoresheet in the final, but goals from Jose Luis Brown, Jorge Valdano and Jorge Burruchaga were enough to edge out West Germany 3-2 to win the trophy.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
