The technical commissioner of the national football team Roberto Mancini received the Honoris Causa Master’s Degree in Sports Sciences from the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, at the hands of the Rector Giorgio Calcagnini.
Opening the ceremony, the rector said: «My sincere congratulations go to Roberto Mancini. The young people who are present here today are not enough compared to all those who would have wanted to participate in the event, but it was important that the national team won at a time when there was a need for great cohesion ». Orazio Cantoni, director of the biomolecular sciences department, retraced Mancini’s career as a player and coach.
The fresh European champion coach then read his master’s thesis on ‘Leadership, cohesion, team spirit, relational climate: how to build a winning team in sport’. “I want to express my legitimate pride, because my recognition confirms the value of sport on a social level”, began Mancini in his speech.
During his lesson, the coach recalled the great skills of cohesion and relationship that a coach needs to lead a football team. “Today, more than ever, the coach performs the task of a team leader,” explained Mancini. “The game of football for technical, environmental, cultural and social reasons represents a case study for the management of a working group”, added the coach.
Nations League: Thursday the summoned ddel ct for the Final Four
On the evening of Thursday 30 September, the coach Roberto Mancini will release the list of players called up for the final phase of the Nations League, the UEFA tournament now in its second edition which will have its epilogue in Italy. The ‘Giuseppe Meazza’ stadium in Milan will host the first semifinal between Italy and Spain on Wednesday 6 October, while on Thursday 7 October in Turin, World Champion France and Belgium number one in the FIFA Ranking will face off. The Nations League, won in the first edition by Portugal, will then be assigned on Sunday, again in Milan, after Turin has hosted the consolation final in the afternoon. The National team will meet on Sunday evening at the Suning Center in Appiano Gentile and will remain in Milan until the match against Spain to move overnight to the Federal Technical Center of Coverciano from where, based on the result of the semifinal, it will then head towards the venue. on Sunday 10 October.
On the occasion of the UEFA Nations League Finals, the appointment with ‘Casa Azzurri’ returns, which will be hosted at the ‘Spirit de Milan’, a former industrial plant used for the production of glassware, adapted into a meeting point much appreciated by the Milanese, who it hosts daily musical events and offers a restaurant service characterized by the traditions of the city. ‘Casa Azzurri’ Milan will therefore live in a location of great charm and great potential, dedicated to the national team, its partners, its supporters, football fans. There will be a restaurant / bar area and an area dedicated to events. In addition to the exclusive welcome for FIGC guests, the program, which is being defined, includes a series of events, including a concert organized in collaboration with the historic partner Radio Italia and the possibility of following the matches of Italy. on the big screen, so as to cheer all together for our Azzurri. The FIGC institutional logo will be presented on Monday 4 October at 6.30 pm at Garage Italia (viale Certosa, 86) in Milan.