Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger began the war of words on Wednesday when he called the Argentines "disrespectful" and said they tried to influence the referee.
German captain Philipp Lahm added fuel to the fire ahead of the hugely-anticipated match in Cape Town on Saturday by saying Argentina did not know how to deal with defeat, saying South Americans were "impulsive and temperamental."
"We don't have time to think about Schweinsteiger," Maradona told Fox Sports Argentina in an interview.
"The players are thinking about going onto the pitch, in getting their revenge," he said referring to Argentina's defeat by Germany on penalties in their 2006 quarter-final in Berlin.
"I'm not worried about what they say about the penalties, the kicks. We're going to go and beat them in their half," Maradona said.
In a news conference, Argentina's reserve midfielder Javier Pastore refused to be drawn on the issue and talked instead about the March 3 friendly when Argentina beat Germany 1-0 in Munich.
"It was a tight game with few chances in which Argentina were able to cover well the spaces they (Germans) occupied," he told Wednesday evening's news conference at the Argentina camp.
"I don't think (Saturday's match) will be the same because of the circumstances, we are in the World Cup quarter-finals," said the 21-year-old, who was on the bench in Munich.
"Surely it will be a bit more open and there will be more goal chances," added the skilful Pastore who came on late to add punch to the attack in Argentina's last two matches and showed a fine understanding with Lionel Messi.
"We must keep the ball and wait for the right moment to attack because goal situations will come, playing well or not, because of the quality of players we have."
