Marcello Lippi Quotations

We know this Scotland are very, very different from the Scotland of five years ago,

Luckily we were able to win. It's so important to start off well.

The most beautiful thing in the Champions League this season has been Arsenal. Their growth has been incredible. They have done something which in Italy we could never allow ourselves to do.

If anyone thinks too much about personal things and less about the team that would be the most serious error anybody could commit.

I have called Maldini to try and convince him to return, but he has asked me to respect his decision to retire. From our point of view, we won't be asking him again.

This is a big injection of confidence. I wanted a solid night of work, that was the plan. I'm glad we're moving in the right direction.

It would be a mistake to consider this match simply a formality,

I watched a tape yesterday of Germany against Brazil in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup and they didn't deserve to lose that game. Then there's the Germany we saw tonight. Which Germany is it? I still think it's a strong team.

For bureaucratic reasons we weren't able to organize a game against the world champions and therefore we were presented the opportunity to play against Germany, which is a team with great tradition and big ambitions in terms of the World Cup.

You are a d***head. You can't film me without asking first, ... If you like, we can go into the press room and you can film all you want, but you can't hide away like that.