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Marcello Lippi Retires

  • 02-11-2014 6:37pm
    #1
    Ulysses Gaze
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    Marcello Lippi has announced his retirement from football management today.

    http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29873016

    The 66-year-old announced his decision after winning a third straight league title with Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande.

    "I don't want to coach anymore, I'm too old," Lippi said. "Guangzhou Evergrande will have a new coach next season."

    Apparently he will continue as Technical Director at Guangzhou.

    Great Manager and I will always remember his time at Juventus when they were for a period in the 1990's, the best side in Europe.


Comments

  • #2
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    The classiest manager ever.


  • #3
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Great manager, he will go down as one of the top ones to have done it.


  • #4
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,006 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Dunno would the "retirement" last if a Serie A team came calling, but ya, one of the best really.

    Bringing Italy to win WC in Germany was an incredible achievement, as well as his Juve exploits of course.


  • #5
    Pinturicchio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭Pinturicchio


    A legend of management. One of the all time greatest. My enduring memory of him is him enjoying a well earned cigar on the pitch in Berlin after the 2006 World Cup final.


  • #6
    COYVB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    66? Christ I thought he was a lot older. He looks in his 80s


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  • #7
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,460 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    What a Legend!

    He looks in his 80s? No, no he doesn't .


  • #8
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    FCeVW9sBh9KJdp-0GsEzQ1BpUxqglSUfqOvfm2SxorpVpdF9gMbzeuV98-SzuU8XIojs-AFGn7MOmoneVb-BWb1jLCP7Yn2xdnh1KHNZ-9T5enACEf95aSkYZ2FUpeN8Yf1WhLSO=w335-h222-nc


  • #9
    COYVB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    What a Legend!

    He looks in his 80s? No, no he doesn't .

    _78703731_lippi_getty.jpg

    That does not look like a man of 66

    He's only the same age as Billy Crystal, Sam L. Jackson, Steven Tyler and Al Gore


  • #10
    Aubrey loves Joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 665 ✭✭✭Aubrey loves Joe


    Can't believe he is retiring. He has some engine. One of the best in the game


  • #11
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Moneymaker wrote: »
    FCeVW9sBh9KJdp-0GsEzQ1BpUxqglSUfqOvfm2SxorpVpdF9gMbzeuV98-SzuU8XIojs-AFGn7MOmoneVb-BWb1jLCP7Yn2xdnh1KHNZ-9T5enACEf95aSkYZ2FUpeN8Yf1WhLSO=w335-h222-nc
    Never knew jimmy Saville had a wc winners medal


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  • #12
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,434 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Great career.


  • #13
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    ....and he's back!

    Must be making crazy money.

    http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37739847
    Marcello Lippi - who won the 2006 World Cup with Italy - has come out of retirement to become the new manager of China.

    Lippi, 68, had two spells in charge of the Italian national team and won five Serie A titles and the Champions League with Juventus.

    He retired from coaching after winning a third straight league title with Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande in 2014.

    China are ranked 84th in the world.

    The Italian replaces Gao Hongbo, who resigned earlier this month after a 2-0 defeat in Uzbekistan dealt a further blow to China's slim hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

    They are bottom of Group A in Asia with one point from four games.


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