[redbabies]

A deal for July 2007 has already been sealed, but if the current difficulties persist the ex National team coach could come by January.

Marcello Lippi is preparing his big return to the world of football. After a period of deserved rest, he might be forced to make an anticipated return to a football bench, in case Milan decide to call time on Ancelotti's period.

The change of the guard might take place by January, or by early February at the latest, if the current Milan coach should fail to turn the tide by that time. Ancelotti risks losing control of the team, which is torn apart by internal problems. Even though Lippi is not keen to take on a team with the season well underway, he might be stimulated by the idea of taking charge of a team still in the race for the Champions League.

The opportunity of guiding an assault to the Champions League. It's true that Lippi would like to build up some credit abroad as well by guiding a team in the Primera Liga or the Premiership, the attractive power of Milan is still very strong. All the more for having to build an almost entirely new team and bind his name to a new cycle of success.



source: http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=189256

[Rossoneri7]

This is the third season running that Carlo hasnt produced any silverware ..

He should be replaced, thank you Carlo, but we seriouslly are in need of a coach that could and will most likely win us something, Marcello Lippi.

I have been in support of Carlo ever since Istanbul (I have a bitter taste, everytime it is mentioned too (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ) .. But Milan can't rub into the dirt, w/ Carlo trying to prove that this team, the one that won us 02/03 CL in Manchester, can still have another go at it ...




With numerous titles, including the UEFA Champions League and the prestigious Scudetto won under his reign, he is arguably the most successful Milan coach of the decade.



Since moving to Milan, he was nothing but success. In his first season with Milan, Ancelotti took the team and brought them back to international competitions. Before Ancelotti came to Milan, Milan has not produced since 1999. Ancelotti took them to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup and Milan finished fourth, ending the season at a high note. The following season, Ancelotti, who was threatened and heavily criticized by Club President Silvio Berlusconi due to his defensive plays, was able to adopt a creative play in Milan. He converted rising superstar Andrea Pirlo to a defensive playmaker and played him along with Manuel Rui Costa. At the same time, the striking partners of Filippo Inzaghi and Andriy Shevchenko were dominant and dynamic. Milan won the Champions League in 2002-2003, beating Italian rivals Juventus 3-2 on penalties at Old Trafford. The following season, under the new playmaker Kaká, Milan won lo scudetto (Serie A), as well as the Coppa Italia.

Since then, however, the tag of "nearly man" has come back to haunt Ancelotti, with two consecutive league runners-up places (to Juventus, although the match-fixing scandal has seen both wiped from the record books), and a horrific penalty shoot-out defeat to Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League Final, despite having been 3-0 ahead at half-time.

In 2003, he became the fifth coach to win the European crown as both player and coach. The other four are: Miguel Muñoz (Real Madrid player 1956, 1957, Real Madrid coach 1960, 1966); Giovanni Trapattoni (AC Milan player 1963, 1969, Juventus coach 1985); Johan Cruyff (AFC Ajax player 1971-73, FC Barcelona coach 1992) and, in 2006,Frank Rijkaard repeated this landmark (AC Milan player 1989, 1990, Ajax Player 1995, FC Barcelona coach 2006).


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It can't, this team has broken down; Some of our Key Players are in the Infermary: Nesta, Kaladze, Sergio, Costacurta, Cafu *just came out*, Dida, Kaka, Ambrosini, Gattuso *just came out*, and the ONLY hope Kaka .. The list can still grow longer as Seedorf isn't 100% and I'm definately NOT counting Favalli.

So the team Carlo based his success w/ has broken down.

Lippi might bring us something else, as he has been Juventus's most notable managers for a decade! i.e. proven on the BIG stage.

The turning point for Lippi came in the 1993/94 season when he led Napoli to a place in the UEFA Cup. The achievement was all the more remarkable given the financial turmoil of a club still basking in the triumphs inspired by Diego Maradona.

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ehm .. Shevchenko anyone ?! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Anyways these are his qualifications:


Juventus:

5 Italian League Championships
1994/95, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2001/02, 2002/03
1 Coppa Italia
1994/95
Runners up: 2001/02, 2003/04
4 Italian Supercups
1995/96, 1997/98, 2002/03, 2003/04
Runners up: 1998/99
1 European Cup
1995/96
Runners up: 1996/97, 1997/98, 2002/03
UEFA Cup
Runners up: 1994/95
1 European Supercup
1996/97
1 Intercontinental Cup
1996/97

Internazionale F.C.:

Coppa Italia
Runners up: 1999/00

With the Italian national team:

1 FIFA World Cup
2006

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Maybe it's just me, but I have a gut feeling that THIS coach needs a go at Milan, cuz f@ck he has credentials (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

Surely not now .. At the end of the season

This post has been edited by Rossoneri7: Dec 13 2006, 10:00 PM