(1) But minutes after the final whistle, 76% of respondents to a Corriere della Sport online poll were blaming Lippi and in the post-match press conference the man himself was quick to take the blame, appearing to be anxiously awaiting the moment he can disappear quietly from the scene to be replaced by the Fiorentina manager, Cesare Prandelli, a switch decided with little fuss and no media debate just before the World Cup.
(2) Lippi's spectre came into sharper focus after the Fiorentina defeat, with whispers across the pages of the football press and furious blogging to and fro on Juve's website - echoing Ranieri's Chelsea days, actually, with most fans urging support for Il Mister and concentration on the matter in hand, whatever the long term.
(3) The manager Marcello Lippi has been encouraging a more expressive style but that had been of sporadic worth.
(4) His suggestion for the team Lippi will play is the following: Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Guscito; De Rossi, Montolivo; Pepe, Marchisio, Iaquinta; Gilardino.
(5) I worked for a long time with three greats, so learned from [Marcelo] Lippi, [Fabio] Capello and [Carlo] Ancelotti.
(6) Instead Marcello Lippi took the players inside for some gym work, causing no end of frustration among the Italian hacks present, who had been hoping to gain some insight into the starting XI he was planning to put out.
(7) Simone Perrotta worked under managers as talented as Luciano Spalletti at Roma and Marcello Lippi with the Italian national team.
(8) Yates's lippy, ludicrous public image made her an easy target for derision.
(9) Opposite Ranieri that night was the emergent Juventus manager Marcello Lippi, for whom the match was a turning of the wheel in the season, en route to the first of five Scudetti he would win for Juventus, followed by a European Super Cup, a Uefa Cup, an Italian Cup, four Italian Super Cups, a European Super Cup, an Intercontinental Cup - then the World Cup for Italy in 2006.
(10) Lippi's team, overall, has been the best in this tournament but recognition of that is muddled by admiration for the pluck that France showed and sadness that Zidane should have left the stage in such a dismal manner.
(11) Marcello Lippi, the manager, was unhappy at his team's failure to convert possession and territorial advantage into clear-cut chances and De Rossi's goal was not so much the result of Italy's invention as an error by the Paraguay goalkeeper, Justo Villar.
(12) The paper did cut Lippi some slack, adding that if the team lacked talent, "our football doesn't have much else to offer unfortunately".
(13) For the record, here's what I think Lippi should do: (4-3-3) Buffon; Maggio, Bonucci, Chiellini, Criscito; De Rossi, Palombo, Marchisio; Di Natale, Pepe, Gilardino And here's what I think Lippi will do: (4-3-3) Buffon; Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Bonucci, Chiellini; De Rossi, Montolivo, Marchisio; Iaquinta, Pepe, Gilardino Big concerns for me are Cannavaro - who has just been poor for much of the season - and Iaquinta being used out of position on the left-side of attack.
(14) "Every time the camera cuts to Marcello Lippi looking nonplussed, the phrase 'First as tragedy, then as farce' pops unbidden into my brain," writes Scott W. "Just me?"
(15) Cesare Prandelli has brought only five others from that group to Brazil – Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Pirlo and Daniele De Rossi – and the manager that succeeded Lippi after South Africa has instigated change on many levels.
(16) After's Sunday's win over Inter, the 'bring back Lippi' blogging abated entirely and Friday's glowing headlines in La Stampa summed up his current popularity.
(17) The changes of personnel made by a perturbed Lippi were nearly followed by a breakthrough.
(18) "Good luck to my successor," was Lippi's parting remark.
(19) She also took her eyes off the road to adjust her lippy and ended up swerving off it.
(20) Lippi made a couple of substitutions at half-time but, when he saw Antonio Di Natale miss the target from a presentable opportunity just before the hour, he played the only card he had left and sent on Andrea Pirlo, the midfielder Italy have been unable to use so far because of injury.