The Boa Sentinel
Squad31 Aug 2026
Roni in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Boa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Gerson
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match29 Aug 2026
Two points walk out of the ground
Level with 96 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Boa had all but put away. Atletico Goianiense will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Wellington Nem is a square peg at Boa
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Valsir
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Match29 Aug 2026
Honours even between Boa and Atletico Goianiense
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Wesley Cunha chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.
Market31 Aug 2026
Boa and Josías Irala are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Flavio Henrique's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- Squad Gabriel Melo is off the mark for Boa
- Squad Player of the week: Ibson Melo
- Market Boa add cover with Manuel Díaz