Lippi: England Among The Favorites

Marcello Lippi takes to the airwaves this Friday to defend his friend Sven Goran Eriksson on Bravo’s Gazetta Football Italia, and gives England a legitimate shot to win…

Nothing’s more distracting than sprinkling around a little diplomacy, eh Marcello? Maybe Sven, Sol and the other ailments riddling England will be long gone by June, but I have to say ‘fat chance’ right now. Lippi’s just causing a little smoke to deflect from his side. This line is a beauty though: “I don’t think it’s a negative thing that there are not so many expectations of us”. The day there AREN’T tremendous expectations of the Azzurri, that will be news.