Panucci: ‘Missed World Cup over Lippi row’
Christian Panucci confessed to having a spiky personality, as the defender missed out on the 2006 World Cup because he “told Marcello Lippi to go…” Panucci is now a coach…
Christian Panucci confessed to having a spiky personality, as the defender missed out on the 2006 World Cup because he “told Marcello Lippi to go…” Panucci is now a coach…
Marcello Lippi has joined the calls for the Serie A season to be completed and is still open to managing a national team “not too far away”. Lippi made it…
Former Italy CT Marcello Lippi has claimed Guangzhou Evergrande coach Fabio Cannavaro would be ready for a return to Europe: “He has wisdom and experience.” The World Cup winners have…
Former CT Marcello Lippi has claimed Italy knows how to turn ‘all the mess into a positive energy’ and highlighted the World Cup winners from 2006. "Do you know why…
Marcello Lippi is using the lockdown to watch the 2006 World Cup games and all his Finals, including the defeats. “I was pretty stunned by Zinedine Zidane’s” headbutt on Marco…
Former Italy CT Marcello Lippi claims Serie A "should be completed” and suggests broadcasting the matches on TV but “played behind closed doors”. The World Cup winner has revealed that…
Former Italy CT and World Cup winner Marcello Lippi praised Inter for showing “personality” but claimed Juventus proved why they are “superior”. Juventus beat Inter 2-0 behind closed doors at…
Marcello Lippi urges Inter and Lazio to believe in the Scudetto, because “Juventus are only expressing 60 per cent of their potential.” The gap at the top of the table…
Marcello Lippi has warned Italy’s rivals that they “only go to European Championships and World Cups to win.” Italy qualified for Euro 2020 with a 100 percent record, winning all…
Former Juventus boss Marcello Lippi says it’s absurd to think that the Bianconeri are in a crisis. “They’ve only lost one game...” Juve fell to their first defeat of the…
Marcello Lippi praised Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi, while predicting Juventus "joined the small group of super-favourites" for the Champions League. The World Cup winning coach looks ahead to tomorrow's Serie…
Fabio Cannavaro says he has ambitions of coaching in Italy “one day” after guiding Guangzhou Evergrande to yet another Chinese title. Cannavaro was suspended by Evergrande for three games for…
Marcello Lippi reveals he is sceptical about Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s possible return to Serie A as he wonders why only Italian clubs want the veteran. Milan and Bologna have both been…
Marcello Lippi believes Inter have made Serie A “more interesting” but still expects Maurizio Sarri to take Juventus to another title. Juve and Inter both won their respective fixtures against…
Francesco Totti reveals how he had "a rapport with Marcello Lippi that I never had with any other coach" but warns Nicolo Zaniolo must be left alone. The pair only…
Marcello Lippi has announced that he is stepping down as China CT again. “I don’t want to steal their money...” Lippi confirmed he would be resigning after China’s 2-1 defeat…
Marcello Lippi claims Max Allegri is “the best choice” for Manchester United and that the ex-Juventus boss is “ready” for the role. Allegri has emerged as a sudden contender for…
Marcello Lippi revealed Sir Alex Ferguson “was almost like a brother” to him, he tried to sign Roy Keane and almost left Juventus for Tottenham Hotspur. The former Juventus Coach…
Marcello Lippi has revealed that he expects Antonio Conte to end up playing with three forwards at Inter. Conte has begun his reign as Coach of the Nerazzurri with a…
On this day in 2006, Italy beat France on penalties to win their fourth World Cup. The Azzurri had come into the tournament under the shadow of the Calciopoli scandal,…