And he has relived the pain of suffering a broken rib against Wilf Zaha on a Selhurst Park day when all the Seagulls’ worst nightmares came true.
Albion are back at the home of the Eagles this weekend for Premier League action looking to avenge the losing double they suffered last season.
There have been great days and occasional nightmares amid the many draws against their old rivals in recent seasons.
Orlandi experienced both extremes, including play-off semi-final defeat in 2012-13.
The two league games that season both ended in 3-0 home wins and the second of them was the one Albion prefer to remember.
There were two goals by Lee Ulloa, who then amused reporters by describing the game as a “clasico”.
His first goal was quickly followed by a superb free-kick from David Lopez, curled right-footed over the wall and in off the underside of the bar.
The free-kick was to the right of goal and Orlandi was unhappy he was not handed the ball.
But assistant boss Mauricio 'Tano' Taricco told him to leave it and any complaints soon evaporated amid the celebrations which followed.
Orlandi, who has been back in Swansea and Brighton recently, said: “Tano started shouting at me, ‘Nnoooo! Let David take it’.
“I was fuming. But, after David’s goal and the celebration, at half-time I went to Tano and told him, ‘Thank God you did that’.
“It’s true that during the week we used to practise and David’s rate of conversion was really high.
“I was good, but not as good as him taking free-kicks.
“The good thing about it is that I was really angry for just 30 seconds and that’s oit.
“After David’s goal, I was the first one celebrating with him.”
Andrea Orlandi suffered a broken rib at Selhurst Park _(Image: Simon Dack)_
The away game had been a nightmare. Glenn Murray converted two penalties for Palace after Albion suffered the early blow of a red card for Lewis Dunk.
The ten men also suffered injuries along the way – with Orlandi among those affected.
He recalled: “We had no defenders and I had to play as full-back.
“(Ian) Holloway (Palace boss) sent Zaha to the right-hand side - not that Bolasie was any easier.
“And Zaha started doing what he does – step-overs, etc.
“I knew I didn’t have to go at him or he could have destroyed me so I was kind of containing him up until one moment when he goes at me, I blocked him, still don’t know how, and conceded a corner.
“As I was running back to my position, I felt something in my abs.
“I thought I had injured my abs. As the ball comes in, there’s a clearance, the ball bounces in front of me and I volleyed it away.
“As I do this, I feel a sharp pain in my stomach and I go down. I couldn’t breathe.
“The doctor runs in, pulls my shirt up, and goes, ‘Rib broken’. I couldn’t believe it.
“So I went back to Brighton, agonising. Straight to hospital to check if any of my organs were affected, and I couldn’t do anything for a few days
As Orlandi remembers, he made his trip home from the Palace game alone because the squad had their Christmas party that night.
But the night fell rather flat.
Orlandi added: “I know the lads didn’t enjoy it. But everything had been booked.”