Italy coach Marcello Lippi has taken a pop at Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho as their row escalates. "You do not win games when you stand in front of the cameras and talk, but rather with what you say in the locker room. That is where great teams are made," said Lippi.

"At the end of the day it is the players who step on to the field, not the Coaches. Mourinho, Ciro Ferrara and Leonardo cannot win alone.

"Mourinho has some important characteristics as a Coach, such as character and charisma. I think that Ferrara and Leonardo have less experience, but every bit as much in those other elements."