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Football fever was witnessed in the IIPM campus on Friday and Saturday respectively that is on the 18th and the 19th of July 2014 respectively, where 4 batches , 4 different semesters along with the faculty locked horns to clinch the trophy .The teams were given jerseys of their favorite teams and were asked to make a team of 9 players , initially they were playing one by one against each other, teams were Germany ,Brazil,Italy,Argentina and Netherlands. Germany , the fall winter batch started out with a band defeating Argentina 5 - 0 , Argentina being the new entrants , the new folks of the college, and then killed Italian hopes of winning by defeating them by 3 - 0 and they drew with Brazil , their competition . In the semi finals, the faculty team Netherlands faced Brazil and the Germans faced Italy , Netherlands broke the Brazilian dreams by defeating them 5 -1 and Germans slapped Italians 3-0 to make sure that the Italian job was not done properly , in the finals , two of the best teams met , the Netherlands and the Germans, where , in a tough tussle , some great aggression, controversies and huge arguments took place, however, Netherlands came out as the winners by defeating the Germans 6-1, it was a fun event as we saw different batches coming together on a Saturday afternoon, eating , playing , discussing strategies, trying to win the trophy , we learnt a lot spent time with each other and understood the significance of sports , apart from management education, such events should happen every now and then to enhance more faculty student interaction and to bridge the gap and to help students feel more attached towards the college and develop a sense of belongingness and affection towards the college and its students. We hope IIPM Kolkata witnesses more of such events and the students take part with full zeal and confidence.
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