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The goalkeeper of the Argentina national team sold his gloves from the final of the 2022 World Cup in support of the children’s cancer hospital
The gloves worn by Argentina’s goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez in the penalty shoot-out against France in the World Cup final in Qatar last year have been auctioned off.
Goalkeeper gloves were sold for $45,000, the money was donated to help a children’s cancer hospital in Argentina.
– You don’t play the World Cup finals every day, these gloves are special for me. But there is an opportunity to help children than just hanging them in a frame in my house, – quotes the words of the goalkeeper of the Buenos Aires Times.
Argentina defeated France on penalties in the 2022 World Cup final. The Argentina national team won the World Cup for the third time. Previously, the Argentines won the tournament in 1978 and 1986.
Source: Sportbox
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