{"id":7392,"date":"2015-07-23T15:17:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T13:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/?p=7392"},"modified":"2015-07-23T15:19:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T13:19:41","slug":"report-of-a-football-match-luiss-business-school-wins-the-2015-mba-football-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessschool.luiss.it\/en\/news-en\/report-of-a-football-match-luiss-business-school-wins-the-2015-mba-football-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Report of a Football Match. LUISS Business School Wins the 2015 MBA Football Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mba-cup-2015-gruppo\" The <\/strong>MBA Cup<\/strong><\/a> is an international football tournament for Alumni of the European Business Schools<\/strong>, the initiative of some MBA LUISS<\/a> students started in 2001; one of the player is the current team captain and professor of Real Estate at LUISS Business School, Alessandro Belli. In the beginning only the most important Italian Business Schools participated: LUISS<\/strong>, Bocconi<\/strong>, Politecnico<\/strong> di Milano<\/strong>, Bologna<\/strong>, CUOA<\/strong> Altavilla Vicentina,\u00a0 however nowadays the championship is assuming a more international profile and maybe one day it could become the \u201cChampions League\u201d of the main European Business Schools. It did not take long before \u00a0Insead Fointanbleau<\/strong>, IESE Barcellona<\/strong>, Rotterdam SM<\/strong>, Athens<\/strong>, London University<\/strong> in participating in the tournament.<\/p>\n

This is a unique MBA event in its category in Europe, played in prestigious football stadiums such as Rome Flaminio\u2019s Stadium and the Federal Centre of Coverciano, which is the location of the Italian National football team. The MBA Cup was thought as an important meeting for the MBA environment too, a great opportunity to create and strengthen network. Conferences about Team-building and sport-applied management have always been associated to this sport event, such as\u00a0 the great MBA cup party in Florence during the tenth anniversary of the tournament.<\/strong> Moreover prestigious testimonials such as the \u201cGolden Boy\u201d Gianni Rivera, an Italian National team idol of the Seventies, and the International referee Pierluigi Collina have contributed in the past to set the event under the spotlight.<\/p>\n

\"mba-cup-2015\" The 2015 edition of the tournament took place in the month of June. Our LUISS BS couldn\u2019t win the cup during the previous editions and this contributed as an additional encouragement for our athletes.<\/strong> The team started winning with a score of 1-0 against MIP and 2-0 against CUOA.<\/p>\n

The satisfaction arrived after winning against MIB, \u00a0which were defeated with a 4-0 score. The athletes had a positive feeling: Coach Belli\u2019s players were ready, the team was solid and self-confident. The final match was on Sunday 21st <\/sup>\u00a0<\/sup>of June, Perugia Stadium is an classic stage of the great events, the opponent of \u201cBologna Business School\u201d which has a well-trained team with a great attacking game style. The match is breath taking, with many opportunities from both sides, the LUISS BS team had to fight to maintain the score of 3-2 even though they were dominating the match, however Bologna tied last minute and set the score to \u00a03-3.<\/p>\n

After thirty minutes of extra-time there was no winner, but in the toughest time the \u201cLUISS Business School\u201d spirit emerges, and they become extremely focused \u00a0and do not miss any penalty shot, despite BBS has already missed one. They arrived to the last penalty shot, the one that will determine the whole match; if the LUISS BS goalkeeper saves the last one the cup will return to Rome were everything has started. The Stadium is silent, everyone is focused on the field and the bleachers, the goalkeeper bended his legs, concentrated, he was aware of the enormous responsibility he had, however his teammate supported him. All of a sudden screaming fill the stadium, LUISS BS players run to celebrate their hero. It\u2019s over! After many years the cup returns to Rome, LUISS BS is the new MBA champion! It\u2019s an unbelievable celebration, all the players exult, the veterans and the young ones, everyone that has played and participated, they\u2019ve never given-up. Even though some of the athletes were injured during the game, they never gave up and continued playing until the end. A great success, a beautiful experience which both winners and defeated will keep as a life memory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to all players and to LUISS BS<\/a> and Assomaster who have always supported with enthusiasm of the organization and the participation of the team. We will see you in 2016!<\/p>\n\"mba-cup-2015-momento\"\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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