"We want to establish ourselves in Santa Cruz": the team about the start of the season and returning home

Yes, we are really looking forward to the start of the season and are a little nervous, because we have been striving for this for so long.

And the start will be great! We will play against "Teniska" - a historic team that we already met last time. I'm glad we're starting with them. And next week we have an away game against "El Paso".

Everything is going well. We played seven friendly matches and a tournament in the south, and we are very satisfied. We tried to establish team play and give the players an understanding of how we want to play.

We are counting on the core of the team that has already played together. The guys work and behave great. They helped the newcomers who came from other clubs to adapt. We have a healthy atmosphere in the team, everyone understands what we have to do. The club is returning to Santa Cruz after so many years without this category, and we want it to establish itself here. Creating such a team was easy, because everyone made an effort.

Everything is great. I've known Vito all my life, since childhood, and he has always been a professional. He remains so on the field. He is an experienced player who leads the team, communicates a lot with his partners, prompts them, gives advice... This is very valuable. Having a leader on the field who makes everyone move in the same direction, so that the team clearly understands what to do, and that he shows it on the field - this is very positive. We are very glad that he is with us.

Yes, that's right. Among our experienced players there is also Andriu, who came from "Coruxo", Jan Carlos, Tato, Soto... We tried to create a mix of youth, who already have experience playing in Tercera, and veterans, to create healthy competition in the team.

We need to combine both approaches. We must be aware of the responsibility for the fact that the club has returned to Santa Cruz with this category, and we must preserve it. We must create a project that will become more and more ambitious over the years, which will establish us in this category, and in the future we will be able to claim something more. And another important point is that Tercera has returned to Santa Cruz after many years. We even made ticket prices affordable - 5 euros for the match against "Teniska", so that people would come and not say: "Oh, I have to pay 10 euros to get to the match". We had a lot of spectators at the friendly matches, and we were pleasantly surprised.

Our first goal is to avoid relegation. We know that there are many teams with strong players, and the category is very difficult. There are 8, 9, 10 teams that aim to reach the higher division. Therefore, the primary task for the coaching staff and the club is to keep their place in the league, and then enjoy what we manage to achieve.

We hope that the fans will come to support the team. We have a great project, we will try to play football when possible, and when not, we will use a more direct style. But this is a team that will give its all and work so that we all enjoy every weekend.