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Lippi believes in Coppa comeback
Football Italia
Juventus must overcome a 2-0 first leg deficit against Lazio, but Marcello Lippi believes he can leave the club with a trophy in his hand.
“We will play this game with the strong conviction that we can achieve something great,” said the tactician ahead of Wednesday’s Coppa Italia Final.
“All we need is two goals to level the aggregate scoreline and once you get to extra time it becomes a whole different match. We’ll try and give everything we’ve got left at the end of this difficult season.”
Lippi has confirmed he will be moving on in the summer, but hopes to say goodbye to the Delle Alpi without ending the campaign empty-handed.
However, he is still struggling with injury worries, the latest being Stephen Appiah’s fractured nose.
“Appiah is available, but we must be cautious with his condition. As for the rest, we’ll have to make do with the players at our disposal, but this isn’t the kind of talk I want to hear ahead of a Final.”
Juventus will certainly be without Alessio Tacchinardi, Mauro German Camoranesi, Antonio Conte and the suspended Igor Tudor.
Morale was boosted by the fact Lazio lost to Brescia at the weekend, but Lippi insists this is only going to fire their opponents up more.
“Losing sight of fourth place means the Coppa Italia is now their only remaining objective for the season. We will throw in all our grit and determination and I feel we’ve still got something to give.”
The Coach has been tipped for the Italy job, although he has already left Juventus once before and returned with great success.
“Is this goodbye or a see you again soon? Well, you know what they say in Italy, there’s no two without a three.”
Football Italia
Juventus must overcome a 2-0 first leg deficit against Lazio, but Marcello Lippi believes he can leave the club with a trophy in his hand.
“We will play this game with the strong conviction that we can achieve something great,” said the tactician ahead of Wednesday’s Coppa Italia Final.
“All we need is two goals to level the aggregate scoreline and once you get to extra time it becomes a whole different match. We’ll try and give everything we’ve got left at the end of this difficult season.”
Lippi has confirmed he will be moving on in the summer, but hopes to say goodbye to the Delle Alpi without ending the campaign empty-handed.
However, he is still struggling with injury worries, the latest being Stephen Appiah’s fractured nose.
“Appiah is available, but we must be cautious with his condition. As for the rest, we’ll have to make do with the players at our disposal, but this isn’t the kind of talk I want to hear ahead of a Final.”
Juventus will certainly be without Alessio Tacchinardi, Mauro German Camoranesi, Antonio Conte and the suspended Igor Tudor.
Morale was boosted by the fact Lazio lost to Brescia at the weekend, but Lippi insists this is only going to fire their opponents up more.
“Losing sight of fourth place means the Coppa Italia is now their only remaining objective for the season. We will throw in all our grit and determination and I feel we’ve still got something to give.”
The Coach has been tipped for the Italy job, although he has already left Juventus once before and returned with great success.
“Is this goodbye or a see you again soon? Well, you know what they say in Italy, there’s no two without a three.”
05/11/2004. BACKGROUND:
The final silverware of the Italian season will be decided on Wednesday night as Juventus host Lazio at the 'Delle Alpi' of Turin for the second leg of the Coppa Italia final, in what will also be Marcello Lippi's final bow in front of his own fans.
The first leg, which was played 2 months, was won by Lazio with a 2-0 score at the 'Olimpico' stadium of Rome, which gives the biancocelesti a good advantage over the bianconeri for the aggregate and eventual trophy win.
Motivations will not be lacking as both sides need a win out of this encounter to save a bittersweet season in which they had more disappointments than joys. Lazio are virtually out of the race for the fourth place, even though they had this position for most of the season, as only the combined negative results of both Inter and Parma along with a biancoceleste win would give them the last available Champions League spot, which is quite frankly highly unlikely.
The Old Lady will put its season back on its feet with their 10th Coppa Italia trophy, but another defeat would leave them empty handed apart from the Italian Super Cup which was won at the start of the season against Milan. Lippi and his players want to end this successful cycle with yet another win which would be added to their 5 Scudetti and 8 trophies already won in the 8 and a half years of the Lippi era.
With both teams going to give their best for this cup final, the encounter should be highly entertaining with Juventus pushing forward from the start to score at least one goal before half time while Mancini's squad will try to hold back and counter attack back hoping to score that goal which would close the encounter in their favour.
Moggi also promised that he will be revealing the name of Lippi's successor after the match with Prandelli now most surely taking over as he beat the stiff competition of former Juve player Deschamps.
Mancini will hope to win this trophy to open a new cycle just like the in the mid-90s when the winning Cragnotti cycle started with a Coppa Italia win. The Lazio coach is extremely disappointed at missing out on the Champions League and a defeat in the Italian Cup might make him think twice about staying in Rome next season with clubs such as Inter and Real Madrid linked with the former number 10.
TEAM NEWS:
Juventus - Midfield problems for Marcello Lippi who will have Tudor (suspended) and Tacchinardi, Camoranesi and Conte (injured). Appiah is also highly in doubt following last weekend's broken nose during Juventus-Sampdoria while Montero is still unavailable.
Lazio - No formation problems for Roberto Mancini who will have Cesar back at full service and Gottardi and Favalli back in the squad.
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
Trezeguet (Juventus) - Probably his last chance to win a trophy with Juventus as the French striker is expected to leave the club at the end of the season with destination being one between Barcelona and Chelsea.
Fiore (Lazio) - He is Juve's nightmare, having scored a good number of goals against the bianconeri in the past 2 seasons, the last of which was a brace in the first leg match at the Olimpico.
PROBABLE FORMATIONS:
Juventus (4-3-1-2) - Buffon; Birindelli, Thuram, Legrottaglie, Pessotto; Zambrotta, Maresca, Appiah; Nedved; Miccoli, Trezeguet
Lazio (4-4-2) - Sereni; Oddo, Stam, Mihajlovic, Favalli; Fiore, Giannichedda, Liverani, Cesar; Lopez, Inzaghi
The final silverware of the Italian season will be decided on Wednesday night as Juventus host Lazio at the 'Delle Alpi' of Turin for the second leg of the Coppa Italia final, in what will also be Marcello Lippi's final bow in front of his own fans.
The first leg, which was played 2 months, was won by Lazio with a 2-0 score at the 'Olimpico' stadium of Rome, which gives the biancocelesti a good advantage over the bianconeri for the aggregate and eventual trophy win.
Motivations will not be lacking as both sides need a win out of this encounter to save a bittersweet season in which they had more disappointments than joys. Lazio are virtually out of the race for the fourth place, even though they had this position for most of the season, as only the combined negative results of both Inter and Parma along with a biancoceleste win would give them the last available Champions League spot, which is quite frankly highly unlikely.
The Old Lady will put its season back on its feet with their 10th Coppa Italia trophy, but another defeat would leave them empty handed apart from the Italian Super Cup which was won at the start of the season against Milan. Lippi and his players want to end this successful cycle with yet another win which would be added to their 5 Scudetti and 8 trophies already won in the 8 and a half years of the Lippi era.
With both teams going to give their best for this cup final, the encounter should be highly entertaining with Juventus pushing forward from the start to score at least one goal before half time while Mancini's squad will try to hold back and counter attack back hoping to score that goal which would close the encounter in their favour.
Moggi also promised that he will be revealing the name of Lippi's successor after the match with Prandelli now most surely taking over as he beat the stiff competition of former Juve player Deschamps.
Mancini will hope to win this trophy to open a new cycle just like the in the mid-90s when the winning Cragnotti cycle started with a Coppa Italia win. The Lazio coach is extremely disappointed at missing out on the Champions League and a defeat in the Italian Cup might make him think twice about staying in Rome next season with clubs such as Inter and Real Madrid linked with the former number 10.
TEAM NEWS:
Juventus - Midfield problems for Marcello Lippi who will have Tudor (suspended) and Tacchinardi, Camoranesi and Conte (injured). Appiah is also highly in doubt following last weekend's broken nose during Juventus-Sampdoria while Montero is still unavailable.
Lazio - No formation problems for Roberto Mancini who will have Cesar back at full service and Gottardi and Favalli back in the squad.
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
Trezeguet (Juventus) - Probably his last chance to win a trophy with Juventus as the French striker is expected to leave the club at the end of the season with destination being one between Barcelona and Chelsea.
Fiore (Lazio) - He is Juve's nightmare, having scored a good number of goals against the bianconeri in the past 2 seasons, the last of which was a brace in the first leg match at the Olimpico.
PROBABLE FORMATIONS:
Juventus (4-3-1-2) - Buffon; Birindelli, Thuram, Legrottaglie, Pessotto; Zambrotta, Maresca, Appiah; Nedved; Miccoli, Trezeguet
Lazio (4-4-2) - Sereni; Oddo, Stam, Mihajlovic, Favalli; Fiore, Giannichedda, Liverani, Cesar; Lopez, Inzaghi
