在02年韓日世界盃時，當時的意大利主教練特拉帕托尼總是在比賽的時候隨身帶著一個裝滿水的塑料小瓶子。而這一次，主教練裏皮１１日告訴記者：“我沒有帶聖水。一個朋友曾經送給我一瓶酒，希望我帶著它打比賽，説是能給我帶來好運。但是我沒有帶到德國，我自己已經喝了不少了。”

　　鏈結：http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-worlditalyholy_water&prov=reuters&type=lgns

　　原文：World-No holy water for Italy coach Lippi

　　By Simon Evans

　　HANOVER, June 11 (Reuters) - There will be no 'holy water' on Italy's bench when they open their World Cup campaign against Ghana on Monday.

　　In South Korea and Japan four years ago, coach Giovanni Trapattoni had a small plastic bottle of water next to him in the dugout but his successor Marcello Lippi will not follow suit.

　　"I haven't brought holy water," Lippi told reporters on Sunday.

　　"A friend gave me some wine as a good-luck gift and told me to take it with me to the World Cup but I haven't brought it. I've already drunk a good part of it."

　　Trapattoni's ritual before the first match of the 2002 World Cup involved carrying out 'confession' sessions with players in their rooms.

　　Lippi said he would not be paying any such visits to his players.

　　"I don't even carry out confession myself and I won't be visiting their rooms," he said.

　　The other teams in Group E are U.S. and Czech Republic.

　　作者-北京外國語大學英語 柳瀚

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