They have been in existence for over 40 years, with relevant successes and disappointments. The lights and also the shadows. Always accompanied by a tireless fall for work, to try to get things done right. So much dedication sooner or later he gets his reward and this is well celebrated by him CEF Bosc de Tosca. Not only to train people and footballers, many of them able to burn stages to reach the top of the pyramid. But especially for the most recent feat of his senior. For the first time in history, has caught the First Catalan. An unprecedented category in its curriculum in which the club of Les Preses will compete head to head in historical entities such as Palamós or Figueres, among others. The milestone was completed last Saturday, at the Municipal and in front of a lot of spectators. Pol Serra’s goal was enough to defeat Blanes (1-0) and, with a day still on the sidelines, catapult Jan Miquel Salavedra’s men to promotion. It’s all one victory for a quirky, different club.
“The team of the almost.” This is how its president, Xevi Cros, defines it. At times, especially at this more recent stage, he has been on the verge of making it big but has not succeeded. Until now, when he blew up the bench going up to Primera Catalana. Where he had never been. “We’ve been together for a few seasons and we haven’t finished making the leap. We hadn’t started this course too well, but then we picked up a very good dynamic “. So much so that the rise is a reality. Taking advantage of the new format of the Second Catalan, the Bosc de Tosca will close as champion his group no matter what happens on the last day. There is still a game to go, but the firms are starting to smoke up by planning for next year. More or less players arrive, one thing is clear: “The club will not change its way of thinking. We do not pay our players and now to go up what we will not do is change the course that has taken us here. We are one football school who tries to work his base very well, bringing players to his first team. We will maintain this enthusiasm. It is clear that we will strengthen a little, but always taking into account our possibilities “, adds Cros.
Now begins a “challenge” that the organization still has “a lot of respect” because it will play against “historic” clubs that have a good handful of seasons in higher categories. “We will try to be competitive,” he said. The idea is that “the base that has been maintained over the last few years will continue” and that there will be no changes to the bench. “We have a well-established group and this is an award that should be enjoyed and enjoyed on the grass.” More than half of the squad is made up of those footballers who have been forged at the base and that says a lot in favor of the entity. One is added faithful hobby and an environment that is increasingly “identified” with the values transmitted by the Bosc de Tosca.
Another success for Uri Santos
He has experienced success Xevi Cros from the market but who has done it on the grass is Uri Santos. At the age of 36, the footballer completes his career and adds another success. A historic rise, in fact. For the past two years he has shared his experience on the pitch with the coordination of the club’s sports area, being its methodological director. “It is a peculiar entity, especially because of the way it works. Since the Bosc de Tosca was born – it was founded in 1978 – its aim has been to give access to the people of this neighborhood and Les Preses. The great dedication of all the people who work there has allowed the ball to grow. Growth is evident.
There are more than twenty teams and more than 300 children are registered. The first team is the tip of the pyramid, but not the one that takes all the prominence. From the youngest to the oldest, everyone has a place and the values that are transmitted are the same. “We are creating our own identity. Let the children understand why they lose and why they win. We teach a personality, a football that takes care of the ball, being the dominator of the game and at the same time, that it knows how to defend when it touches with all the possible arguments. We want the player to have chewed the same concepts from the age of 5 to 18 or 19 ”.
Good work done allows many players to never decide to pack. Or if they do, they’ll be back sooner or later. “In recent years, about fifteen footballers have decided to stay. The blog has been maintained, with young people which has been growing hand in hand. Then all you have to do is sign up and open the door to young people coming up from the youth team. If this is the case, then it is because everyone feels comfortable and identified. ” And that the Tosca Forest don’t pull your wallet to seduce. “We are different from many clubs because we do not pay our first team players. It would make no sense given what our philosophy is. We can be as high as possible, such as this promotion to Primera Catalana, but we are a club made and designed to work the base ».
Santos collects another ascent. Another experience. He went up with Girona in Second A and Second B with Llagostera and also Olot. He spends twenty seasons kicking the ball and can even boast of having made his debut in the First Division, wearing the Racing shirt. A colleague of his in the Bosc de Tosca, Ramon Masó, also played a few minutes for the elite. In his case, in San Mamés and with Frank Rijkaard’s Barça. They were from other times. Now, both are having a good time with a promotion to Primera Catalana. A historic milestone for a different club. “The team of the almost” has broken its inertia. Now he can say that he has succeeded.
