Italy did not deserve defeat, insists Lippi
Italy coach Marcello Lippi insisted they did not deserve their defeat to Egypt in last night's Confederations Cup clash.
"I think we deserved at least one goal," he said.
"I think Egypt have played two great matches here," he added. "We are in a very difficult group, very different from the other group. Their goalkeeper had a fantastic game and things just did not go for us."
Lippi said his team now needed to beat Brazil in Group B in Pretoria on Sunday. "We've simply got to win," he told a news conference. "We will try to take the initiative."
Lippi said he thought his team played well for the first 25 minutes but lost the initiative in the final part of the opening period, conceding a goal in the 40th to Mohamed Hommos.
"We weren't very aggressive. We didn't play like we had planned at that stage. When Egypt started to play and scored, it all unravelled and we stopped playing. We didn't go for the ball."
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Comments (4)
And if you remember that match vs .s.korera there was some very bad decisions against italy. I think they have accepted defeat, roll on Brasil.
The Italians must accept defeat gracefully as it was the same opinion the officers held when Italy played a World Cup march against S.Korea.
11 man Italy not deserve to beat a 10 man USA who btw got there goal due to a penatly kick whereas Italy scored 3 beautiful goals? Oh ok.... i see you from a different planet. No bother.
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