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World Cup winner Marcello Lippi admits he was “terribly wrong” to step down as Italy CT after lifting that trophy. The legendary Coach led the Azzurri to glory in Germany…
World Cup winner Marcello Lippi admits he was “terribly wrong” to step down as Italy CT after lifting that trophy. The legendary Coach led the Azzurri to glory in Germany…
Marcello Lippi says “all three” of Max Allegri, Luciano Spalletti and Carlo Ancelotti remind him of himself. The China Coach has previously been on the bench at Juventus, Napoli and…
Marcello Lippi confirms he’ll leave his job as China national Coach on January 31, but he’ll consider “a closer national team” for his next job. The 70-year-old is one of…
Juventus’ Giorgio Chiellini has explained why he ‘becomes a monster’ on the field and what makes a champion. “They help their teammates raise their level.” In a long interview with…
Marcello Lippi believes Juventus “have the same odds of winning the Champions League as Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Liverpool and PSG.” The former Juventus and Italy tactician was a recipient of…
Marcello Lippi has confirmed that he will not coach another club side but could stay in international management ‘for a few more years’. Lippi has spent the last two years…
Marcello Lippi believes “Juventus can win everything this year”, and sees Napoli as their only Scudetto rivals thanks to the “masterful” Carlo Ancelotti. The Bianconeri have won all but one…
Juventus and Italy icon Marcello Lippi admits it is ‘likely’ he will retire from coaching once his contract with China expires early next year. Lippi has spent the last two…
Marcello Lippi claims Napoli are a better team under the ‘fantastic’ Carlo Ancelotti and that Cristiano Ronaldo ‘can only help Juventus’. Ancelotti’s rotation policy and refusal to budge on a…
Marcello Lippi sees Juventus as “among the favourites for the Champions League” this season. The China Coach is a Bianconeri legend, and was the last tactician to win the trophy…
Marcello Lippi has called for VAR to be brought into the Champions League ‘immediately’ after Cristiano Ronaldo’s red card, which was ‘a hallucination’. Felix Brych’s decision to send off Ronaldo…
Former Juventus Coach Marcello Lippi expects Cristiano Ronaldo to ‘attract other champions’ to the Scudetto holders. Ronaldo’s proposed transfer to Juve appears to be growing ever closer, and Lippi believes…
Former Juventus and Italy boss Marcello Lippi believes Gianluigi Buffon should have retired with the Bianconeri. Buffon had been tipped to retire with Juve at the end of last season…
Marcello Lippi believes Italy “would have done well” at the World Cup as is “not surprised” by the exits of some traditional big nations. The Azzurri were eliminated by Sweden…
On this day in 2001, Juventus officially completed the signing of Parma goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. The 23-year-old arrived for a world record fee for a goalkeeper, 100 billion lire or…
On this day in 1996, Juventus won the Champions League by beating Ajax in a penalty shoot-out. The knockout stage had seen Marcello Lippi’s side beat Real Madrid and then…
Marcello Lippi has given his approval to Roberto Mancini becoming Italy’s next CT. “He’s a top Coach with great experience.” Mancini is the clear favourite to fill the Italy vacancy,…
Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid are in the Champions League Final, but ahead of Roma-Liverpool he warns “anything can happen in football.” The Merengues clung on at the end of their…
Marcello Lippi insists “Italian football is not in crisis”, and says “it’s sad” that Michael Oliver sent off Gianluigi Buffon. Italy have failed to qualify for this summer’s World Cup,…
Former Juventus boss Marcello Lippi suggests Max Allegri can become the Sir Alex Ferguson of Juventus. Allegri has been linked with ending his four-year reign at Juve this summer, but…