Course Title: Industrial Psychology

Course Code: BBA 136

Assignment on:
“CASE STUDY”
Submitted By:
Group Name: BUSINESS COMEDIANS
Program and Batch: BBA 35th Section: A
Group Members:

Name ID No.
SAKIB MOHAMMED MALIK (LEADER) 151-116-020
RAHUL DAS 151-116-009
EZAZ AHMED 151-116-023
JALAL UDDIN MD. SHAHBAZ 151-116-024
ABDULLAH SHAMIM 151-116-034
MD. TIPU AHMED 151-116-036
SARWAR HUSEN 151-116-037

Submitted to:
Md. Saidur Rahaman
Lecturer, Department of Business Administration
Metropolitan University, Sylhet

Submission Date:
17 November 2016
 OBJECTIVES
As a student of higher degree, it is essential to make case study. By preparing this
assignment, a student or a teacher will be able to understand about the case
problem, gives timely solution and improves his/her knowledge.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents Page
CASE STUDY 1
PROBLEM 1 AND SOLUTION 2
PROBLEM 2 AND SOLUTION 3
 CASE STUDY
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in football and is controlled by
the Argentina Football Association. Argentina national football team is the two times
FIFA World Cup Winner (1978, 1986). Argentina’s one of the rival team is Brazil
national football team.
The Football Club Barcelona is a professional football club based in Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain. Barcelona is one of the most supported teams in the world. It has the
largest social media following in the world among sports teams. Barcelona’s one of the
rival team is Real Madrid Football Club.
These two teams are one of the most famous team/club in world football. Their key
player is Lionel Andres Messi. As a player of Argentina, Messi still cannot win any
major trophy except 2008 Beijing Olympic Gold Medal. While as a player of Barcelona,
he won 29 major trophies.
In 2009, Barcelona made a record by winning 6 major trophies in a single year. Lionel
Messi contributed a lot in Barcelona’s sextuple achievement. That’s why, he won many
individual awards, such as Ballon d’Or, FIFA World Best Player of the Year, Best Player
in La Liga, Best Forward in La Liga and so on. He won eight La Liga trophies and four
UEFA Champions League trophies with Barcelona. As a player of Argentina national
football team, Argentina failed to win against Germany at quarter final in 2010 FIFA
World Cup South Africa. Argentina again failed to win against Germany at final in 2014
FIFA World Cup Brazil. At the start of the tournament, Lionel Messi gave strong
performance and elected as man of the match in their first four matches. Messi’s strong
performance helped Argentina a lot to reach in the final. But they could not win that
match. Argentina also reached Copa America’s final two in a row in 2015 and 2016
tournament. But, they failed to win the final match against Chile in both times. Though
they could not be the winner, but Messi’s outstanding performance helped him to write
his name on the team of the tournament list. Many critics say, Messi does not love his
country, that’s why he does not give his best performance when he plays match as a
player of Argentina. Messi still receives so many criticisms from haters. Many football
experts regard him as one of the legend football player in history, however others say, he
may be the best player, but not a legend.

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PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
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Problem 1: Though Lionel Messi has achieved many individuals and team based
award/trophies as a player of FC Barcelona, but still he cannot achieve any major trophy
as a player of Argentina. What is preventing him from winning the trophy? Describe it.

Answer: The main position of Lionel Messi is ‘Center Forward’. When he plays in FC
Barcelona, he plays at right wing. Basically, he always changes his position and moves
from center forward to right wing, sometimes play as an attacking center midfielder. FC
Barcelona mainly follows a tactics which is called ‘Tiki Taka’ that is a style of play in
football by short passing and movement, and maintaining possession. This tactics helps a
lot to Messi. It means that all players have to move together. Though Messi has some
unthinkable football skills, but when he fails to move the ball through defender, one or
more than one player always support(s) him. While, in Argentina, he does not get the
chance to move like that. Because, the formation of Argentina is always made on Messi’s
movement. If he fails to move the ball through defender, he does not get enough supports
from his teammates. Sometimes he drags the ball alone. It is happened because, his
teammates does not understand his mind so that they fail to move like him. Actually
Argentina depends totally on Messi. But, football is not a one person game. It is a team
game. A player cannot scores until he doesn’t get enough supports from others. That’s
why, we saw, at the start of the tournament in 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH
AFRICA, he shown outstanding performance and elected as man of the match in their
first four matches. Other players could not do such performance. It is true that every team
has a key player. But it does not mean that key player always performs his best and other
players remain same. Then, in FC Barcelona, Xavi, Iniesta would not have been
considered as the best midfielder in the world. This does not happen because, FC
Barcelona never depends on one player, whereas Argentina always depends on Messi.
From the above discussion, we can say, when Messi is in Barcelona with a team, he
already knows his teammates mind. But Messi is in Argentina, this is not the same thing.
Argentina team is not organized the same way as FC Barcelona which is preventing him
from winning major trophies.

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Problem 2: Can Argentina overcome from Problem 1 in the era of Lionel Messi? Do you
have any better solution which can help Lionel Messi to achieve major trophies with
Argentina?

Answer: We do believe, Argentina still has the ability to overcome from Problem 1 in
the era of Lionel Messi. We have some opinion which can help Messi to achieve major
trophies with Argentina. These are in the followings:
 Firstly, the formation of Argentina must be organized based on all player’s
movement. It should not be focused only on Messi’s movement. Argentina should set
the Diamond Formation which is 1-2-1-2-4.
 Argentina currently has some best attacking players like Di Maria, Sergio Aguero,
Lavezzi, Higuain. Sometimes they play to receive individual reward. The expectations
were so big on them, but for that reason, they could not assist Lionel Messi so much
in their previous three events. So, they must understand the tactics and create a better
combination which can build a strong attacking.
 Thirdly, Argentina Football Association should recruit a manager who can train his
players upon short passing and movement tactics. This tactics helps so much to Spain
for becoming the champion of the world.
 Fourthly, Captaincy of Argentina should remain on Messi. By Messi’s captaincy,
Argentina reached three major finals in a row.
 Fifthly, Football is a team game. Currently, Argentina is a competitive team. They
have the strong force. So they should all work together, remove selfishness and know
each other’s mind, then they will achieve their dream. Because, a team with the best
team work will be the champion.

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