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Diego Maradona Argentina World Cup shirt vs. England sells for record amount in auction

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Diego Maradona’s Argentina shirt at the 1986 World Cup vs. England has sold for a record amount at an auction.

Maradona continues to break records. Sotherby’s have reported that the shirt Diego Maradona wore at the 1986 World Cup vs. England has sold for an auction record of £7,142,500 or $9,284,536. It is the most ever for a sports memorabilia item.

It was that game where Maradona scored the Hand of God and the Goal of the Century for Argentina.

Lisandro Martínez out injured for the rest of the season for Ajax

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Lisandro Martínez is out for the rest of the season for Ajax.

Martínez is suffering from a muscle injury and will not take part in the three remaining matches this season. The club confirmed it on Wednesday.

The Argentine has played 24 league matches this season, eight in the Champions League and four in the league cup. Argentina play Italy on June 1 in the Finalissima at Wembley in London, England.

Gio Lo Celso, Juan Foyth, Gero Rulli out of Champions League with Villarreal

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Gio Lo Celso, Juan Foyth and Geronimo Rulli are out of the Champions League for Villarreal as they lost 5-2 vs. Liverpool.

The three Argentine players played a pivotal part in Unai Emery’s team reaching the semi finals. However, Liverpool were a bit too much for the Spanish club.

All three started the match as Villarreal took an early 1-0 lead, just two minutes into the match. Gio Lo Celso appeared to have been taken down inside the penalty area but the referee did not call the penalty and play would continue.

Villarreal would eventually get a second before half time as they would draw level 2-2, with everything to play for in the second half. However, the second half was the opposite of the first.

If the first half had Villarreal in control of the game, the second half had Liverpool in complete cruise control. They would score through Fabinho with the ball going through Rulli’s legs.

Liverpool’s second goal was from Luis Diaz as his header would hit Rulli and go through his legs. The third however was one that Rulli would like to forget.

Rulli would come out of the penalty area for the ball and it was an open goal for Liverpool as Sadio Mane would score.

Mateo Klimowicz of Stuttgart turns down Germany call-up, could play for Argentina

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Mateo Klimowicz of Stuttgart has turned down three Germany call-ups and is eligible to play for the Argentina national team.

Klimowicz, who is born in Argentina, has represented Germany’s youth teams. Having played for them at the 2021 European Under-21 Championship, he has reportedly turned down three Germany call-ups.

Per a report by TyC Sports, the Argentine born midfielder turned down the chance to play for Germany as he might want to represent Argentina. His father Diego played for Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund.

The 21 year old played for Instituto in Argentine before making the switch over to Stuttgart in Germany. He played for the Argentine club at the age of 16 and in 2019 joined Stuttgart.

Argentina vs. Israel, South Korea close to happening in June friendly matches

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Argentina could have two new opponents in June.

While the Finalissima match against Italy on June 1 at Wembley and the match against Brazil in Australia on June 11 are both confirmed, Lionel Scaloni’s team could have two more matches to play that month.

As we reported a few weeks ago, Argentina against Israel on June 6 is a real possibility. And it is likely to happen. According to DobleAmarilla, everything appears set for the match to be played at the Sammy Ofer Haifa stadium.

The other match is could be on June 15 against South Korea. If this match were to happen, it would likely be the last game for Argentina prior to September.

In September, Argentina were set to play Mexico but since both teams are in the same group at the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the friendly game in the United States will not be happening. Instead, per the same report, Argentina could play El Salvador and either Canada or the United States. Here are Argentina’s match prior to the 2022 Qatar World Cup:

Argentina vs. Italy – June 1: Wembley stadium, London, England.

Argentina vs. Israel – June 6: Sammy Ofer Haifa stadium, Haifa, Israel. Unconfirmed.

Argentina vs. Brazil – June 11: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia.

Argentina vs. South Korea – June 15: Unconfirmed.

Argentina vs. El Salvador – September, in the United States. Unconfirmed.

Argentina vs. Canada or United States – September, in the United States. Unconfirmed.

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