The search to find a technical director in the Cali America came to an end on Tuesday, May 7. After the departure of Cesar Farías of the institution, the club was urgent to find a solution for the Venezuelan’s goodbye that took the former by surprise Golden Eagles. Two old acquaintances of the institution appeared as possible candidates and only one of them remained.
Wilmer Cabrera, who wore the colors of the scarlet institution, was one of those profiled. Besides, Jorge ‘Moth’ Da Silva He knocked on doors again in what will be his third cycle in America, after playing for the club and directing it in 2017-18. With the charrúa, they also arrived Jorge Rodrigo Da Silvawho will be technical assistant and Manuel Cabreraphysical trainer.
In the midst of the news about América de Cali, and waiting for Jorge Da Silva to plan what the contest will be like in the second semester, pleasant news was confirmed that will make more than one fan of the club happy. The ‘Polilla’ will have a special and stellar ‘reinforcement’ for the BetPlay League 2024-II with the need to understand even more the objectives that will be set.
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It is nothing more and nothing less than Alex Escobar, who served as technical director before César Farías arrived and during the Venezuelan’s management he was the club’s field assistant. Now, retaining the same role, Escobar, better known as ‘the neighborhood kid’, will once again share with Jorge Da Silva.
América confirmed it in a video that shows Alex Escobar remembering stages from when they were both players in the club, “With ‘Polilla’ we had a great friendship with Jorge on and off the fields. We scored a lot of goals, I think he was a player with a lot of technical quality. He was a ‘9’ in the area, a player who was top scorer in Spain at Atlético de Madrid.”
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The Uruguayan arrived with the tough mission of replacing one of América’s scorers. “He fell as he had to fall, because he was the replacement for Ricardo Gareca“said Alex Escobar. He also remembered the best assist he gave Jorge, “it was in a game against National. He had his back turned, Jorge was doing the diagonal, I threw the pass to him and with a half volley he hit him like that with that quality that he had and went over Rene (Higuita)”.
Finally, he left a message for the fans, “America is a very winning team, so we hope to be very united with the fans and with the effort that will be made by the group, we can be in the finals, become champion and return to an international competition as the institution deserves.”
