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
game mind plan three tough
This game was part of the plan we made after qualifying. We had in mind three tough games.
finish point sight since within
It's true, we can say we are within sight of the finish line, since we only need one point to qualify,
needed
They were the ones that really needed to find the back of the net.
allow beautiful champions growth italy league ourselves season
The most beautiful thing in the Champions League this season has been Arsenal. Their growth has been incredible. They have done something which in Italy we could never allow ourselves to do.
fans human insulted
The Inter fans have insulted human nature. There is only one race, the human race.
team choices together
Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team.
soccer football player
What happened in the United changing room has happened to me 50 times in my career. I have kicked bottles of mineral water, bags and shoes but I never hit a player. It's a question of technique, and the Scots must have a better technique.
football country team
To this day I am not convinced of having brought together with me in Germany the technically best players that could have been. But I was firmly convinced I called the ones that could create a team, and they could play with one another to the best of their possibility. In this day and age you win if you become a team. It doesn't necessarily mean that you've got to have the best football players in the country. It's possible that the best, all together, don't become a team. It's like a mosaic, you have to put all the pieces together.
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.
against champions game great opportunity organize presented reasons team terms therefore tradition
For bureaucratic reasons we weren't able to organize a game against the world champions and therefore we were presented the opportunity to play against Germany, which is a team with great tradition and big ambitions in terms of the World Cup.
began convince cup games help inferior later liked months strong three win
After the win in the Netherlands we said we would have liked it if the World Cup began right away. Three months later we have the same energy. Games like these help convince us that we're strong and not inferior to anyone.
Better now than at the end of the season.
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.
behind goes influenced italy leaves problems
I'm not influenced by what goes on at Juventus. What I always say is that when he joins up with the Italy squad, he leaves behind him any problems he may have with his club.