Marcello Lippi admits that he wants to model his Azzurri attack on Manchester United, and reportedly considers Alessandro Del Piero as the Italian Wayne Rooney.
Lippi returns to the Italy bench tonight in the friendly against Austria in Nice, as he hopes to repeat the glories of his first reign when he led the Azzurri to World Cup success at the 2006 World Cup.
The early signs are that Lippi plans to use a 4-3-3 formation where possible, and the reference point will be European club champions Manchester United and their three-pronged attack of Cristian Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez.
“It fascinates me to have a national team with three attackers who can make themselves available for the team like Wayne Rooney did for Manchester United in Rome [in the Champions League last season],” said Lippi.
It is reported in the Italian press that Lippi sees Del Piero as the player to replicate the role that Rooney carries out for Man Utd, and he will test out the Golden Boy tonight in Nice.
Indeed the Azzurri will line up with a 4-3-3 against Karel Bruckner’s men, with Alberto Gilardino and Antonio Di Natale tipped to complete the forward trident.
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