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 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.

Maradona visited the team in Herzogenaurach in the build-up to the game in Berlin and could not help but mention the 1990 final.

"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 Hannover I went to the hotel to be with them," he added.

"They asked me to visit them, eat with them, tell them some anecdotes, and anything that can help them and make them feel good, I'll do it.

"The players respect Argentinian football history and want to write more pages in that book."

Maradona feels confident ahead of Friday's game, saying: "Germany have not faced such a hard and heavy shirt as ours, with such an important history and so many high-quality players."

The 1986 World Cup winner also revealed he is eyeing a return to management following spells at Deportivo Mandiyu and Racing Club in the 1990s, but did not refer specifically to the national team.

"If I'd have to chose whether to suffer outside or inside a squad, I'd prefer to suffer inside," he added.

"I want to share whatever I have with a team, on a pitch, in a match.

"I was offered some projects abroad but I want to think about them very carefully."