I dont know about that. I think Lippi was fundamental. Do you think Donadoni or Trap could have done it?
no to donnadoni, but trap i dont know. i dont know how this whole calciopoli thing brought the players together and as you saw in 2006 we played pretty defensive and trappatoni would have played defensively too.
He created an awesome team mentality that led them to the Final. They fought for each other instead of themselves
i give lippi that, but that is not enough to be successful. it might have worked in 2006 (again under that circumstances), but his tactics and formations are weak lately, dont you think so ?
which in my opinion was the reason they did not win anything recently unitl Lippi became boss. If you look at his overall record it is brilliant. He just does not let anyone influence him .. or get in the way of the team.
but being stubborn is not always a good thing ... the cassano dismissal is debatable but relying on mediocre players like pepe is very bad. toni is another one that should not wear the azzurri shirt ever again. these are players that have proven that are to weak for the squadra azzurra ... why does lippi not get that ?
perhaps there is too much affection in his decisions.
what i see is, that the national team is going in the wrong direction, with wrong players (that already failed) and a wrong formation (4-3-3) that also already failed. how can lippi not see that ?
we simply do not have the players for a 4-3-3. either the quality of the wingers is whack (pepe) or the quality is good but the work rate too low (camoranesi)... you can not play 4-3-3 with those players.
It might work again in 2010.
my hope is gone ... there had to be so much changes to let this work