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- Italy's Cool Hand Luke
In Italy, the girls always reckoned that in his younger days as an elegant defender at Sampdoria, Marcello Lippi was the spit of Paul Newman.
Up in smoke: Marcello Lippi will struggle to stop Italy being repaced as World Cup winners
"Such a good-looking b------ that he makes the rest of us look like Bela Lugosi," View more »- Lippi hints at Di Natale omission
- Italy coach Marcello Lippi has dropped the strongest hint yet that his country's best goalscorer will not start Monday's World Cup Group F opener with Paraguay. On Sunday night Lippi put his men through their paces in an 11-a-side practice match featuring what seems likely to be his starting XI, before telling the med View more »
- Cardozo could face Italy
Paraguay have dismissed suggestions that Oscar Cardozo could be out of the World Cup through injury and declared the striker could yet make next week's opening match against Italy.
Cardozo, who scored 36 goals in all competitions for Benfica last season, has been struggling with an ankle injury that he sustained i View more »- Pirlo hopeful for Slovakia clash
Influential midfielder Andrea Pirlo believes he will be fit to play in Italy's final group game of the World Cup finals against Slovakia.
The 31-year-old was this week described as "irreplaceable" by Italy boss Marcello Lippi, but is set to miss at least the opening two games of the Azzurri's World Cup defence.
View more »- Lippi hails 'world class' Rooney and eyes meet with Capello
Italy coach Marcello Lippi says Wayne Rooney is world class – and dreams of a showdown with Fabio Capello.
The World Cup-winning boss said: “Wayne Rooney is a major player for England. He is one of the best players in the world.
“His technical and mental skills have a major effect on his team, he View more »- Switzerland hold World Cup holders Italy to draw
Switzerland 1-1 Italy
The World Cup holders Italy were held to a draw by Switzerland in their final warm-up match before heading to South Africa.
Udinese's Gokhan Inler put Switzerland ahead in the 10th minute, but Fabio Quagliarella, a late addition to Marcello Lippi's squad, levelled four minutes later. However, View more »- Int'l Friendly: Switzerland v Italy
- Italy coach Marcello Lippi has refused to press the panic button after seeing his side slip to defeat in yesterday's World Cup warm-up against Mexico. The world champions suffered a 2-1 reverse at the hands of the central Americans as Italy struggled to hit their stride against a side who have put great emphasis on m View more »
- Italy 1 Mexico 2
Shh: Carlos Vela scored first for the Mexicans Mexico secured a 2-1 victory on Thursday in their final friendly before next week's World Cup opener over a rusty Italian side that still have work to do if they are to retain their title.
The world champions, whose previous match was a 0-0 draw with Cameroon in View more »- 2010 World Cup: Top 10 WAGs of Italy
As with every World Cup, there is not just attention to which players are going to be on show but also which stunning ladies will be there to support their men.
Ranking the current ladies of some of Italy's best footballers is no easy task, albeit an enjoyable one. They are all absolutely beautiful in one way or View more »- Int'l Friendly: Italy – Mexico
The champions are warming up to defend their crown with an exhibition versus El Tri...
Kick-off: Thursday, June 3, 19:15 CET.King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium.
Italy Name Final Squad
With Italy having no official match action coming into this fixture, much of the focus was on coach Marcello Lippi’s sq View more »
