Diego Maradona says Argentina players took banned drugs before a qualifying match for the 1994 World Cup.
He accuses FIFA vice president Julio Grondona, the head of Argentina's Football Association, of being in on the scheme.
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Maradona says there were no drug controls for the 1993 qualifier against Australia in Buenos Aires. He claims the team doctor put a banned stimulant in their coffee.
Argentina won 1-0 and advanced to the tournament in the United States, where Maradona was later expelled for a positive drug test and team lost in the quarterfinals.
Maradona said Monday on television that Grondona had to know all about it. Grondona had no immediate comment.
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