Italy's new national football team coach Marcello Lippi smiles on July 1, 2008 during a news conference in Rome. Lippi has been announced last week as the new Italy coach following the termination of Roberto Donadoni's contract in the wake of the team's Euro 2008 quarter-final exit. Lippi, who led Italy to the 2006 World Cup in Germany before he resigned, has been linked with the position following the penalty shoot-out defeat to Spain in Vienna. AFP PHOTO/ FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images) ...