<p> “Grondona told us a week beforehand we could take the substance we wanted as there was to be no anti-doping control,” 1986 World Cup winner Maradona told Argentine radio station ‘Metro’ on Friday.<br /><br />Grondona said earlier this week that doping controls were deliberately overlooked so as to prevent Maradona, who served a 15-month suspension in 1991 for taking cocaine, fouling foul of a test.<br /><br />Former Australian football officials have angrily denied being party to any deal to prevent drug testing before the play-off, which saw Argentina go through to the 1994 finals over two legs.<br /><br />At the ensuing 1994 World Cup, he would additionally test positive for ephedrine.</p>
<p> “Grondona told us a week beforehand we could take the substance we wanted as there was to be no anti-doping control,” 1986 World Cup winner Maradona told Argentine radio station ‘Metro’ on Friday.<br /><br />Grondona said earlier this week that doping controls were deliberately overlooked so as to prevent Maradona, who served a 15-month suspension in 1991 for taking cocaine, fouling foul of a test.<br /><br />Former Australian football officials have angrily denied being party to any deal to prevent drug testing before the play-off, which saw Argentina go through to the 1994 finals over two legs.<br /><br />At the ensuing 1994 World Cup, he would additionally test positive for ephedrine.</p>