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Arena :
South Africa
Championships : 4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
Headcoach : Marcello Lippi
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Italy Tickets Quite possibly considered as royalty in the field of coaching, 61-year-old Marcello Lippi is an expert at making changes that bring results, as evidenced by the fact that no fewer than five of the twelve goals Italy netted at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany coming from subs. Lippi has won just about everything in his career, which is exactly why he left following his first stint as Italy's coach in July 2006, after having clinched the global crown. However, after the Azzurri stumbled at UEFA EURO 2008, it did not require much persuading to get him to return to the role, where he immediately rebuilt the defense, remodeled the mid-field, gave a look at a fresh group of forwards. Lippi is also a man who puts little stock in his record 31 straight international matches without a defeat, preferring instead to accumulate championships rather than statistics, while his natural feel for the game prevents his strategies from ever being questioned. During the qualifying matches, he called up a total of 36 players, with defenders Cannavaro and Gianluca Zambrotta used most frequently, accounting for 810 minutes each. Italy has qualified for sixteen of the eighteen FIFA World Cup finals – failing only once to qualify in 1958 and having chosen not to participate in the inaugural edition in 1930. Other than their titles in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006, the Azzurri also finished as runners-up in 1970 and 1994, while also having finished third on home soil in 1990. Lippi feels that no team is superior to Italy, and while he does not want to say that his team is better than every other, he will not back down any further than to say they are not inferior to any other team. Coming from a man who knows his football, it is a very good bet that the Azzurri will be in the conversation throughout the entire tournament. That being said, you need to get your 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets soon and make plans to be in South Africa this summer to see just if Italy can gain their fifth title.
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Italy 2010 World Cup
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 As the defending champions, Italy will no doubt be one of the favored contenders to emerge victorious at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. As the only country other than Brazil to have ever won consecutive World Cups, coach Marcello Lippi's squad will be playing in the hopes of repeating what their Azzurri predecessors accomplished in 1934 and 1938. Additionally, other than the titles already mentioned, the Italians were also the World Cup Champions in 1982 as well. The Italians topped Group 8 thanks to their traditionally efficient and hard-headed style of play, even if they were everything but flashy or completely dominant along the way. When all was said and done, Italy tallied seven wins and three draws, while scoring eighteen goals and giving up seven. The Azzurri set the tone for their group right from the outset with an opening-day 2-1 win over Cyprus, however, even though they never surrendered first place, it nonetheless took Italy until the next-to-last match to guarantee their place in South Africa. Coincidentally, and maybe a good omen, the teams that claimed world titles in 1982 and 2006 also clinched their World Cup trips with only one match to spare. Striker Alberto Gilardino finished as the top scorer for Lippi's team with four goals to his credit, including a stunning hat-trick in a span of less than 15 minutes to beat Cyprus 3-2 in their final outing. Considered for a number of years to be one of the finest keepers in the entire world, at the age of 31 Gianluigi Buffon remains one of the two blockades of the Italian defense. His spectacular reflexes to keep out Zinedine Zidane's extra-time header during the 2006 Final illustrate exactly why he is the unchallenged choice to guard the Azzurri goal. The other leader in the back is none other than youthful captain Fabio Cannavaro; at 36, the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year continues to contribute on defense with his excellent positioning capabilities and vast experience, stemming from his team-high 132 major level appearances. In mid-field, unflagging tackler Gennaro Gattuso no longer requires an introduction, as the 31-year-old is not only still the engine, challenger, and all-around talent at the heart of the Italian line-up, but also one who will never admit defeat and whose hunger for victory lifts all those around him to a higher level of play.
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