{"id":445587,"date":"2011-06-22T18:11:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T18:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/22\/pirates-name-julio-leal-as-new-coach\/"},"modified":"2011-06-22T18:11:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T18:11:54","slug":"pirates-name-julio-leal-as-new-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/pirates-name-julio-leal-as-new-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates name Julio Leal as new coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"63.4381270903\">\n<p>22 June 2011<\/p>\n<p>Orlando Pirates revealed Julio Leal as their new coach at a press conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning, with the Brazilian signing a three-year contract at the club.<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old replaces Ruud Krol, who was not given an extension to his contract despite leading Pirates to three trophies in the 2010\/11 season: MTN8, Absa Premiership and Nedbank Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Leal\u2019s experience in South Africa includes spells at AmaZulu and Moroka Swallows, where he helped the Birds win the 2009 Nedbank Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a huge honour to be announced at this time by chairman Dr. Irvin Khoza as coach of Orlando Pirates Football Club,\u201d said Leal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the culture of Orlando Pirates and with the support of the chairman Irvin Khoza and the board of directors we will achieve great things,\u201d added the Brazilian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank the club for giving me this opportunity to coach the team for three years. I want to say to the supporters they must come in great numbers to back the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khoza admitted it would be difficult for Leal to follow in the footsteps of Krol after the Dutchman\u2019s success last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt won\u2019t be easy for the coach,\u201d said Pirates\u2019 chairman. \u201cIt won\u2019t be easy to repeat the treble. But we will give him all the support he needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Krol, despite his success, was occasionally criticised for an approach that was seen as too defensive, and both Khoza and Leal hinted that a more attacking mindset would prevail in the new season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Leal) will bring back the attributes of attacking play,\u201d said Khoza. \u201cHe will help rekindle the old culture of Pirates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leal explained, \u201cPlayers will have the freedom to move, to play more offensive football and create more opportunities to score.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian coach also hinted that one of his aims is to see Pirates compete strongly in the CAF Champions League and even participate in the FIFA Club World Cup in the future. The Buccaneers are the only Southern African team to have won the African Champions League, claiming the trophy in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis squad is good for local competitions, full of quality. Several players have been called up to the national team,\u201d said Leal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we want to improve the quality of the squad to defend the titles and go on to an international level.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtnfootball.com\/live\/content.php?Item_ID=45689\" title=\"Pirates name Julio Leal as new coach\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pirates name Julio Leal as new coach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 22 June 2011 Orlando Pirates revealed Julio Leal as their new coach at a press conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning, with the Brazilian signing a three-year contract at the club. The 60-year-old replaces Ruud Krol, who was not given an extension to his contract despite leading Pirates to three trophies in the 2010\/11 season: MTN8, Absa Premiership and Nedbank Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":445588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-445587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pirates name Julio Leal as new coach - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/pirates-name-julio-leal-as-new-coach\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Pirates name Julio Leal as new coach - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"22 June 2011 Orlando Pirates revealed Julio Leal as their new coach at a press conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning, with the Brazilian signing a three-year contract at the club. 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