The Trap Is Set ; Ireland's Old Master Plans to Outfox His Native Italy
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GIOVANNI Trapattoni has been plotting the downfall of Marcello Lippi and the players of his home nation from the back of a grimy garage on the outskirts of Milan for several months.
This week the Republic of Ireland manager has been calling Pasquale Piccolo, his lifelong friend and coowner of the workshop at industrial Cinisello Balsamo, to check the mood of his homeland ahead of his return to Italian soil on Wednesday. Bari beckons for the country's most successful club manager, who failed twice as national coach in major finals.See the full content of this document
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The Trap Is Set ; Ireland's Old Master Plans to Outfox His Native Italy
Lippi is his nemesis and successor. Trapattoni lost the Italy job after the 'conspiracy' 2002 World Cup defeat by South Korea and the shambles that was Euro 2004, when his team failed to qualify from the group stage. In 2006 Lippi won the World Cup.
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