THE ARGENTINE LEFT WINGER ORSI WAS THE REVELATION OF THE TEST
— Gabriel Hanot | 29/06/1928 —

Let's get to the fronts today.

So far, our ideal Olympic team would be constituted as follows, in its back lines:

Janni            Monti            Pitto

  Arispe         Nasazzi

Mazali

Of all the forwards we saw in Amsterdam, only one stood out from all his rivals with irresistible fierceness, let's compare him to that of Nasazzi as a right-back; he is the young Argentinian left winger Orsi, a good violinist in Buenos Aires and an even better footballer in the whole world.

Orsi is both a ball virtuoso and a man who sees things very well on the pitch. What's more, as this boy, normally built, but without being an athlete, is a little fearful, he is not likely to indulge excessively in personal games. So it was a delight to see him center the ball, sometimes with force, sometimes with a very small kick, always with precision, an extraordinary sureness of execution.

The great footballer of the XI. Olympiad was Orsi, although he was not yet nineteen.

So, on the left wing, Orsi, without rival. On the right wing, the name that appears at the tip of the pen is that of another Argentinian, Carricaberry. But Carricaberry reveals flaws; he does not have the brilliance of Orsi, nor the decision of Nasazzi, nor the athletic relaxation of Mazali, nor the continuous and intelligent ardor of Janni. Carricaberry is of the class of Arispe, Monti, Pietroboni.

Wouldn't there be someone better than him? The fastest right winger of the tournament was the Egyptian E. S. Ismail Mohammed, who caused a sensation with his speed. He had time to overtake the opposing full-back and fall back. Unfortunately, his football technique, despite a tremendous shot, is rather simplistic.

The Uruguayan Urdinarán, through some of his dazzling dribbles, through his evasive feints, outclassed all his rivals. But he is no longer the Urdinarán that the Parisians applauded in Colombes. He finagles, he delays, he dribbles for the sake of dribbling; sometimes he crosses the block of his adversaries like a bolt of lightning; sometimes he also ends up getting caught. Urdinarán still has Olympic class and he would be the best in his position if he did not know his talent so well.

Thus, by elimination of his rivals, Carricaberry deserves to be designated for the right winger place of the ideal Olympic team.

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Isaque Argolo: When Hanot wrote this, the Frenchman mentioned that Orsi was young — that he was not yet nineteen. However, this is not true. I'm not sure why Gabriel Hanot wrote that. Perhaps misinformation was spread about Orsi or the Frenchman himself deduced this. I must emphasise that Orsi, even when he was old, looked very young due to his characteristic youthful appearance.