Argentina legend Diego Maradona has reminded the current squad of the agony Germany put the nation through in the 1990 World Cup final.

Andreas Brehme's 85th-minute penalty for West Germany broke Argentinian hearts at Rome's Stadio Olimpico and the two nations meet again in the quarter-finals of this year's competition on Friday.

"When I was talking to the players, I told them, 'Don't forget that in 1990 they made me and everybody cry. Remember that,'" he told Argentinian TV station TyC Sports. "I promised them I'd be with them, so as soon as I came from Hanover I went to the hotel to be with them."