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.
glad moving night solid
This is a big injection of confidence. I wanted a solid night of work, that was the plan. I'm glad we're moving in the right direction.
navigate
He navigates the Internet, I navigate boats. But evidently he's able to do it.
luckily start
Luckily we were able to win. It's so important to start off well.
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,
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.
final last phase
No one did better in the final phase of last season.
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.
needed
They were the ones that really needed to find the back of the net.
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.
three tonight
Tonight we showed we can play with three strikers.
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.
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.