Óscar Ruggeri, partner of Maradona in the Argentine team, world champion in Mexico 86 revealed that he had albiceleste than to play with pirate shirts from the Tepito neighborhood.
During an interview with ESPN, Ruggeri revealed that goalkeeper Héctor Miguel Zelada who played in the America knew that in Tepito you could find anything pirate and gave them the idea.
“ We played at 12 at noon, with that sun, smog and altitude . We played against Uruguay and exchanged, we no longer had games (of shirts) and in the previous draw with England we were given the blue one again. We had to go out and buy ”said Ruggeri.
Argentina had to play against England with pirate shirts, that is to say that Maradona consecrated himself for posterity using uniforms created in Tepito, the famous neighborhood of Mexico City characterized by selling all kinds of products in unofficial versions.
“They went to Tepito because Zelada knew, they sent a utility worker with backpack. He arrived with a shirt this thick (showing the study table), they took him out and we were playing two days later. They went to look for other t-shirts and those yes they liked, I remember that the girls who fed us ironed the numbers “.
Óscar Ruggeri remembers the day that the Argentina team 🇦🇷, in the middle of the World Cup 1986, had to go out to buy shirts to Tepito, advised by Zelada ( @ HectorMiguelZe7 ) to play the game against England 🏴 pic.twitter.com/FBGcc4N8Lc
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