The Botafogo Sentinel
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Cristian Medina runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match19 Aug 2026
Botafogo through in the cup
A 1‑0 win over Santos, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A brace, and Joaquín Correa takes the afternoon — 8.18
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Joaquín Correa provided it, and the 8.18 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Nathan Fernandes at 21 — 8.07
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Nathan Fernandes did not need any: 8.07, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Botafogo
Gabriel Batista was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Vitinho falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market24 Aug 2026
Al Dhafra watching Kadir Barría
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Botafogo have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
Botafogo supporters have found a favourite in Nathan Fernandes
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Nathan Fernandes has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match22 Aug 2026
Joaquín Correa sends Botafogo past Mirassol
It finished 2‑0, and it was Joaquín Correa’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Botafogo.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Bastos
- Squad Joaquín Correa finally opens his account
- Player ratings Newton spends the afternoon fouling