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People's Daily Beijing, October 23- Lippi recently confided in an interview with the media that he would end his coaching career and officially retire. Looking back on the past, his merits are impressive, his name is destined to be engraved in the history of football, and winning the World Cup in 2006 has become his most classic masterpiece, and has also brought many good memories to Chinese fans.
Known as the "Silver Fox", Marcello Lippi has a very brilliant coaching experience, having coached many big teams and leading Juventus to five Victory League titles and one Champions League. During his tenure as head coach of the Italian national team, he led the team to win the 2006 Fifa World Cup in Germany.
Lippi also formed an indissoluble relationship with Chinese football, and in 2012, he became the head coach of Guangzhou Evergrande, leading the team to win three consecutive Chinese Super League championships and an AFC Champions League. In October 2016, Lippi became the head coach of the Chinese national team, and in January 2019, he announced his resignation as head coach, but in May of the same year, the Chinese Football Association announced that Lippi was once again the head coach of the national football team, and in November, Lippi was once again hanging up.
Lippi's coaching career is undoubtedly successful and enjoys a wide reputation around the world, but it is the dismal experience of serving as the head coach of the national football team that has never been able to lead the team further, coupled with high salaries, which has been complained by fans as "late festival is not guaranteed". After resigning as the head coach of the national football team, Lippi once revealed that he did not rule out the possibility of coaching the head coach of a national team again, but with his latest retreat statement, considering his 73-year-old age and the impact of the epidemic, this time he may have completely bid farewell to his coaching career.