"I have the bad news that (the friendly) is not on, but for this one needs (another's) word," an angry Maradona told reporters after his side of home-based players beat Haiti 4-0 in a friendly.
"I gave (my word) to the players we were going to Dubai on the 26th after playing at River," he said, referring to a warm-up match against Canada at the River Plate stadium on May 24.
"From there we were travelling to Pretoria with our gear, beef, sparring (juniors) and 40 guests requested by Grondona," he added of Argentina's plans for the trip to their World Cup base in South Africa.
"When Grondona asked me to take 40 guests I told him that no-one travels with the national team, but we were going to make this exception and then I find out that the match in Dubai is not on," an exasperated Maradona told reporters.
"I want to talk to Julio (Grondona) because we need to play a game on the 29th and get to Pretoria after that game... I complied and now I expect him to comply."
"I'm going to have one of the hottest weekends, it's going to be tough because I'm going to have to look, make calls to people I have in Europe, decide on players and start to create the list of 30," he said.
