Le Coq Sportif remade Maradona's 1986 World Cup away jersey

In the week that the jersey worn by Diego Armando Maradona in the 1986 World Cup final is back in Argentina, following Matthäus's donation to the AFA, Le Coq Sportif has decided to once again make the jersey of the iconic number 10. The French brand decided to recreate a "Special Jersey" very similar to the original, with which the Argentine legend scored in the quarter-finals against England, the only differences being in the logos and some details that Le Coq wanted to include to pay homage to the eternal champion. In addition to the Argentina logo in fact replaced by a badge with the same shape bearing the number '86', the most interesting detail is certainly the writing behind the nape of the neck 'Coronados de Gloria'. Another imperceptible difference concerns the collar, the original in fact was completely V-shaped, while the re-edition has a less decisive shape, much more tapered. 

In general, however, this is not the first that the French brand has decided to recreate a special jersey to honour Maradona, in fact this is the third different reissue in three years. Certainly the decision in April by Steve Hodge, former England national team midfielder, to auction the jersey with which Diego took the field in the mythological 1986 World Cup quarter-final match between England and Argentina and the 4 million valuation by Sotheby's must surely have convinced the brand to reproduce it once again. An affair that created quite a stir in April this year, not only because of the exorbitant price tag, but also because its authenticity was later questioned by Maradona's daughter Dalma and ex-wife Claudia Villafane, who claimed that Hodge was never in possession of the original. Accusations then returned to sender by both the former player and the world's most famous auction house with a dry statement, given that the jersey in question was the one worn by the 10-man biancoazzurro and finally exchanged with the English defender at the end of the canonical '90 minutes. Six months on, therefore, anyone who has even for a moment thought of wanting that jersey will be able to do so at a much lower cost, while waiting for the next reissue by Le Coq Sportif.