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Interview with Inter Escaldes coach Felipe Ortiz
Felipe Ortiz is already “flying” alone. The Barca export and former assistant of the first team Sergi Barjuan will face the first team experience alone for the first time, and he did it at Inter Milan. His debut will take place in the meeting.
After your experiences in Chinese football and Saudi Arabia, what attracted you to Andorran football?
I knew a lot of the people who came here, both players and coaches. The club called me and I was attracted because it was a league that was growing very fast.
Do you know the league here?
When you are a coach, you observe and report. A few years ago, I was about to join Inter Escaldes. I must say that I knew her well, but at that time I decided to go to Chinese football with Sergi Bajuan. I saw that every year there were better players and good coaches, and not as many as before, because there were more professional teams that even trained in the morning. This raised the standard.
Inter Milan has had famous coaches like Alberto Lopo and Adolfo Baines, now it’s your turn…
I knew Lobo when I was at Barca and I knew him from Espanyol. I met Adolfo at Gymnastics Club Tarragona. The club had known me for several years and it was easy to come to an agreement. I am very happy to be here.
He worked as an assistant to Sergi Barjuan, Gerard Lopez and Vicente Moreno. A good combination…
The truth is, yes, I tried to take the positives from them, of which there were many. I started with Gerard, then I was lucky enough to have Sergi Barjuan. Then there was Vicente Moreno, who didn’t have a Barcelona past but contributed a lot to me.
What style of competition do you like?
I try to learn from all the coaches I’ve had, not only Sergi, Gerard and Vicente, but all the coaches I had as a player at Barca, Extremadura, Salamanca and Tarragona, I try to have my own ideas about football. The sport has changed, it’s not the same as it was when I played. Try to win as much as you can, the more records you have, the more chances you have to win.
From this answer, it can be seen that he is not that type of “Taliban”…
What I always keep in mind is that to win a game you have to have one idea or multiple game ideas. I do like to try to keep the ball and create as many chances as possible. I also know that in some games the opponent will put us in a difficult situation and we will have to come up with another plan, because having only one idea is very complicated. In modern football, you have to train all records and be prepared for everything.
And the top rivals of the UEFA Conference League, FK Velez Mostar, will not just give him the ball…
I’ve watched three of their games and they really like to have the ball. This team plays in a very defined 4-3-3 formation and that’s going to put us in a lot of difficult situations. We’re going to counter-attack as much as possible and not let them play their game.
Inter have already signed Victor Alonso, Gilmar Torres, Hamza Riach, “Rafinha” and yesterday the arrival of Guillaume Lopez became official.
We went little by little because I wanted to get to know the players who were already there. We brought in the players we were missing. I am very happy because they are in a very positive state and very eager to face the divisional play-offs. All the inputs are very positive.
At Barca you play as a second and he has already made his debut in a European match in Kiev. Now it’s time for a “solo” debut.
We won 0-1 that day, Sergi Barjuan was on the bench and now it’s difficult as a coach to face a Champions League game. Now I’m particularly excited about my debut in the League, but for me, being involved in the world of football is already special in itself. I’m adding some exciting steps.
His football adventures took him to Hangzhou Greentown in China and Al Shabaab in Saudi Arabia…
Sergi (Barjuan) told me that he went to China before the coronavirus pandemic when it was booming. The same thing happened to me when Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar arrived in Saudi Arabia. Vicente Moreno had a first division team there and the experience was very positive. Of course, every country has its particularities.
After so many years as an assistant instructor, why did he decide to fly “solo”?
I have been an assistant coach for 12 years and when I came back from China I played for the Nàstic Honor Division youth team and it went really well for me. I tried to learn from great coaches and the last step was to go solo because I thought I was ready.
Did he achieve his dream when he briefly served as assistant coach to Sergi Barjuan at Barca?
When I was a player, I was called up to the first team, but when you arrive at Barca as a player, a lot of dreams have already been fulfilled. As time went on, I was lucky enough to be an assistant after Ronald Koeman was fired, and the truth is that it all happened so quickly that you can’t imagine it. When you leave Barca again, you realize it even more and cherish it.
Do Inter Milan players know who Felipe Ortiz is?
Some people do that, they will ask you. That’s normal because many coaches are former professional players.
Are you passing through the country or would you like to stay in the country?
My experience has taught me to take it day by day. I’ve been lucky enough to visit many countries and Andorra is a great country. I’d love to stay here and Carles Puyol lives here too. He’s a very good friend of mine.
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