Lippi vows to go for glory

WITH his Italian side top of Group 8, and needing just one point from their last two games to secure qualification for next year’s World Cup finals, you would think Marcello Lippi would be full of the joys of life right now. You would be wrong.

It has been a long campaign.

Plagued by questions about the continued absence of Sampdoria striker Antonio Cassano, he has also had to contend with searching questions about his team’s unconvincing displays for much of the qualifiers and Confederations Cup.