DOHA (Qatar): Aspire Academy organised its 6th Global Summit Football Performance and Science 2020 virtually last Thursday.
In attendance were about 200 invited Aspire Fellows Community members from 50 leading clubs and 11 national federations.
The online summit served a mix of 15-minute-long talks, research presentation and workshops.
Speaking during the summit opening remarks, Professor Valter Di Salvo, Executive Director of the Summit, said, “We welcome all football experts from50 clubs and national federations to this unique event taking place in a
different period in our existence.”
“To be able to meet like this online is a testament to Aspire Fellows Community’s strength, belief and excellence that
together we have nurtured and developed since we began in 2014. During this difficult period with the pandemic we must find ways to reduce distance between ourselves as well as between coaches and players and have been
able to do so, thanks to webinars.”
Former Italy international player Gianluca Vialli shared stories on personal history on talent, leadership
and failure.
Talking about a time when he was called by Chelsea chairman for a meeting only to be sacked as team manager, he said, “For weeks was depressed, cried and was angry and felt insecure. After a while and having spoken to a friend, l realized l needed to be honest with myself and be self -analytical. I realized l had made mistakes and accepted them and learn
from them.”
