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The day Maradona offered his Ferrari to Óscar Córdoba from Boca Juniors

The Colombian goalkeeper was a figure in Boca Juniors where he made history along with other compatriots

By Diego Mendoza

Diego Maradona . FOTO; Infobae
Diego Maradona . FOTO; Infobae
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Óscar Córdoba remained in the history of Boca Juniors along with Patrón Bermúdez and Mauricio Chicho Serna who were currently working with the xeneize club and are idols after achieving glory with many titles, including the Copa Libertadores. As for Óscar Córdoba, he revealed the tremendous gesture that Diego Armando Maradona had when Córdoba had been in Argentina for a short time after signing with Boca Juniors.

The former goalkeeper of the Colombian national team, Boca Juniors, Galatasaray, among many others, had revealed details of the gesture that Diego Armando Maradona had at the time when he lent him his Ferrari. Óscar Córdoba said in Infobae: “Diego Maradona was the one who welcomed me when I arrived at Boca Juniors, he gave me his friendship, he was very attentive and in one of the training sessions I looked at his Ferrari and he immediately offered me a ride.”

The Colombian had to reject Diego Maradona's gesture considering that if the car crashed he would have to pay millions to fix it and that is why he did not agree to use Maradona's Ferrari. The Argentine star, considered by many to be the best footballer in history, had a gesture with Óscar Córdoba that made history in Argentina with the Boca Juniors shirt.

After his retirement, the former player decided to join several businesses and is now a panelist on ESPN where he has also told other types of anecdotes that his career as a soccer player left him. The former goalkeeper had the luxury of rejecting a tremendous gesture from Diego Maradona, who many fans well know was a Xeneize fan.

The former player defended the xeneize team's goal on 50 occasions, of which he kept a clean sheet on 13 occasions, according to Transfermarkt data. The Colombian made history because he won part of two Copa Libertadores and also celebrated the league three times and one Intercontinental Cup.


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