Marcello Lippi
Marcello Lippi
Marcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRIis an Italian World Cup-winning former professional football manager and player. He served as Italian national team head coach from 16 July 2004 to 12 July 2006 and led Italy to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was re-appointed as Italian national team head coach in the summer of 2008 and was succeeded by Cesare Prandelli after the disappointing performance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth12 April 1948
five scotland
We know this Scotland are very, very different from the Scotland of five years ago,
against brazil cup deserve germany lose saw strong tape watched yesterday
I watched a tape yesterday of Germany against Brazil in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup and they didn't deserve to lose that game. Then there's the Germany we saw tonight. Which Germany is it? I still think it's a strong team.
navigate
He navigates the Internet, I navigate boats. But evidently he's able to do it.
start team
From here on it's serious, no more expanded rosters. I have to start working on the team for the World Cup.
anybody anyone error less personal serious team thinks
If anyone thinks too much about personal things and less about the team that would be the most serious error anybody could commit.
asking hide press room
You are a d***head. You can't film me without asking first, ... If you like, we can go into the press room and you can film all you want, but you can't hide away like that.
half lots scoring three
We did what we wanted to do in the first half with three strikers -- we had lots of scoring opportunities. We had to win, because now we have three away games.
asked asking convince decision point respect
I have called Maldini to try and convince him to return, but he has asked me to respect his decision to retire. From our point of view, we won't be asking him again.
three tonight
Tonight we showed we can play with three strikers.
Better now than at the end of the season.
approaches several using
There are several approaches to anything, but I wouldn't be able to do it in his way, using all that technology, computers, e-mail.
consider match mistake simply
It would be a mistake to consider this match simply a formality,
others players
Some players can be certain, others a little less,
final last phase
No one did better in the final phase of last season.