The Uruguayan coach Alejandro Orfila (44 years old) was introduced this Sunday as the new coach of Belgrano, next to the brand new president Luis Fabian Artime and Mauro Obolo, who will join the sports directory.
Its coaching staff will be made up of field assistant Guillermo Almada Flores and physical trainers Maximiliano Yiorio and Diego Arias.
“It’s the people who have been working with me,” said Orfila, who was eager and eager to start working at El Pirata.
Something he will do this Monday, when he starts the tasks. In the morning, from 9 o’clock, he will have a talk with the entire team at Villa Esquiú. And then in the afternoon (at 17), they will do the first practice.
In any case, Orfila himself said that he already has a detailed analysis of each footballer and that he has been working for some time, since he “risked” to wait for Belgrano regardless of how the election results were.
Artime’s call seduced him and he decided to wait for what happened in the elections. The bet, of course, was correct.
The 44-year-old Orfila’s last experience was at Defensor Sporting, on the other side of the pond. In addition, he had an outstanding time in Atlanta, which he promoted from Metropolitan B and with which he led the First National until the start of the pandemic and the change of format of the tournament. Also, he left a good memory in Comunicaciones and Ferro.
Orfila, new manager of the Pirata, together with Obolo and “Luifa” Artime, who will make up the sports directory. (Javier Ferreyra / The Voice)
How will “his” Belgrano play?
“You know me and know my philosophy of the game. We face the last wheel. The first objective is the front arc and we have to beat everything that is put in front of us. Conviction is not negotiable. I like a team that plays well, that has good ball handling. For me, each ball is the last and that’s how my team should feel. They must play with passion, “Orfila said in his presentation.
“Discovering what Belgrano means … there are plenty of words. It is a challenge, I come with anxiety and desire, wanting things to work out. It is a challenge that motivates me a lot. I assumed by following the same line as Luis. What about Artime and what to do? At risk, his idolatry motivated me. I decided to wait depending on the result of the elections. If that result did not occur, I would be left without work. That line goes down the president. To risk and go forward. That I am going to propose to my footballers and to the team. I promise sacrifice and work. A team that has conviction, that feels like a protagonist and that is no less than anyone else. That’s how I see football and life, “he added.
Alejandro Orfila is a former Uruguayan soccer player, born in Montevideo on May 18, 1976. As a player, he wore the shirts of Miramar Misiones, Cerrito, Tigre, Sportivo Italiano, Almirante Brown, Tristán Suárez, Temperley, Morón, Villa San Carlos, Barracas Central, Colegiales, San Telmo, Sacachispas and San Miguel, where he retired in 2015.
He would launch as DT in Communications and then go through Ferro and Atlanta, to have a last experience in Defensor Sporting de Uruguay.
His preferred tactical system is 4-3-3, although it adapts to the players he owns.
Now, the Pirata fan will hope to see Orfila’s team on the court.
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