面對諸多對意大利在世界盃上的譴責，裏皮很不高興：“我讀了最近幾天關於意大利老化，落後的報道，我認為這有點言過於實。”
“只看兩三場比賽就下某種結論未免太過誇張。”
對於意大利考幸運取勝的言論，裏皮極為憤怒：“運氣？托蒂世界盃前傷停3個月，我們必須面對國內足球醜聞的壓力，更糟糕的是讚布羅塔、加圖索、內斯塔在德國相繼受傷。”
“我想我確實很幸運！”
儘管面對挫折，裏皮在談到和烏克蘭的比賽依然很樂觀。“我們還沒有發揮出我們應有的潛質。托蒂已經完全恢復，托尼訓練情況也很好。如果我們贏得明天的比賽，什麼事都可能發生。”
與此同時，烏克蘭主帥奧列格 布洛欣承認他的世界盃初次亮相已經很完美，但他依然希望戰勝意大利。
“在這種水平的比賽中，我們所打的每一場比賽都是對我們的一種獎勵。但正如巴西主帥佩雷拉所説，最重要的不是知道怎樣踢好比賽，而是最終贏取勝利。”
在後面的比賽裏，布洛欣不會考慮受傷的安德烈 沃羅寧，如果他要用雙前鋒，這對年輕的阿特姆 米列夫斯基來説是一個機會。
另一種可能是謝爾蓋 雷布羅夫進入首發陣容，在後面支應舍甫琴柯--兩人再次組成有效的進攻發電機。
另一個好消息來自後防線，布洛欣將起用錯過和瑞士在科隆比賽的3名球員。
安德烈 魯索爾和維亞切斯拉伕 斯維傑爾斯基很可能回到首發陣容，而沃羅迪米爾 葉澤爾斯基也有可能上場對抗藍衣軍團。
布洛欣表示，現在所發生一切對烏克蘭都是一種“紅利”，但比賽前，他告訴記者，他認為他的球隊有能力贏取大力神盃。
鏈結：http://soccernet.espn.go.com/preview?id=191975&cc=5739
原文：Italy v Ukraine: Preview
Italy coach Marcello Lippi expects his side to prove their critics wrong when they take on Ukraine in Friday's World Cup quarter-final in Hamburg.
Lippi has been unhappy with the accusations made regarding his team's performance in the tournament so far.
``I have read in recent days that Italian football is old, retrograde, and I feel that this is an exaggeration,'' said Lippi.
``For one year now, Europe and the rest of the world have recognised that we play a modern style of football and they said so after our opening game against Ghana.
``To say certain things after only two or three games seems an exaggeration.''
The Azzurri began the tournament with a convincing 2-0 triumph against Ghana but they soon ran into trouble having escaped with a 1-1 draw against the United States.
They did, however, finish top of Group E after a 2-0 victory over the Czech Republic.
Lippi was furious with reports suggesting Italy have been lucky so far in the tournament.
A narrow second-round victory against Australia allowed the Azzurri to progress, when an injury-time penalty conversion from Francesco Totti gave them a 1-0 triumph.
``Fortune? I have had Totti out for three months before the World Cup,'' said Lippi.
``We have had to deal with the match-fixing scandal in our nation and to make matters worse, I've had (Gianluca) Zambrotta, (Gennaro) Gattuso and (Alessandro) Nesta injured in Germany.
``I guess I have been fortunate!''
Lippi's ``luck'' continues as he will have to do without four players for the clash against the Ukrainians.
Injured defender Nesta has failed to recover, while his regular replacement Marco Materazzi must serve a one-match ban after a red card against the Australians.
Midfielder Daniele De Rossi remains suspended, while Udinese forward Vincenzo Iaquinta is struggling with a muscle injury and has been ruled out.
To make matters worse, the Azzurri have been shaken by the news of Juventus general manager Gianluca Pessotto's accident earlier this week.
The former Italy international, who played under Lippi at Juve, remains in a critical condition in a Turin hospital having fallen from a window in the club's headquarters.
Despite all the setbacks, Lippi is upbeat about his team's chances ahead of the encounter against a Ukraine side whose hopes may hinge on the performance of former AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko.
``It's not true that we have reached our potential limit,'' said Lippi.
``Totti has fully recovered and (forward Luca) Toni is doing well in training.
``If we win tomorrow (Friday), anything can happen.''
Meanwhile, Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin admits his World Cup debutants have already had a great tournament - but is still hoping for a bonus in the form of a victory over Italy.
Blokhin had World Cup experience as a player with the Soviet Union but his team are competing at the highest level for the first time since Ukraine was one of the nations created by the disintegration of the former super power in 1991.
Speaking at Ukraine's base camp in Potsdam before his team travelled to Hamburg, Blokhin admitted anything that happened from now on would be a bonus for the former Soviet Republic which was a mainstay of the old CCCP (USSR) team composed largely of players from Russia and Ukraine.
``At this level of competition, every game we play is a bonus for us,'' said Blokhin, the 1975 European footballer of the year.
``But as the Brazil coach (Carlos Alberto Parreira) says the important thing is not to know how to play but to win the match at the end,'' said Blokhin, whose team has played disciplined but largely unattractive football in Germany.
Blokhin will not be able to count on injured striker Andriy Voronin for the rest of the tournament and - if he decides to field two frontmen against Italy it could be an opportunity for youngster Artem Milevskyi, whose cheeky chipped penalty contributed to the shoot-out victory over Switzerland in the last 16.
Another possibility is that Sergei Rebrov could come into the starting line-up and play behind skipper Shevchenko - the two once formed a potent pairing for their first club Dynamo Kiev.
There is better news in defence where Blokhin will again be able to call on three players who missed the match with the Swiss in Cologne.
Andriy Rusol and Vyacheslav Sviderskyi will likely return to the starting line-up after purging their suspensions while Vladimir Yezerskyi is available for selection against the Azzurri.
The victors of tomorrow's match in Hamburg will next play either hosts Germany or Argentina for a place in the final on July 9.
Blokhin may claim that everything that happens now is a bonus but before the tournament he told journalists that he believed that his team was capable of winning the World Cup.
作者--楊瓊華
責編：佟杉杉