The Vasco da Gama Courier
Squad24 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Adson out for 48 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Vasco da Gama will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match19 Aug 2026
Bruno Lopes sends Vasco da Gama through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Bruno Lopes obliged against Grêmio. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Vasco da Gama.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Bruno Lopes at 19 — 7.81
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Bruno Lopes did not need any: 7.81, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Vasco da Gama
Nuno Moreira 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
Brenner sends Vasco da Gama past Flamengo
It finished 3‑2, and it was Brenner’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Vasco da Gama.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Paulo Henrique 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.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
Vasco da Gama supporters have found a favourite in Andrés Gómez
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Andrés Gómez 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Brenner in the eights
A performance of 8.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Andrés Gómez was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.02. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Player ratings Cauan Barros runs at them all day
- Squad Thiago Mendes is still paying for one afternoon at Vasco da Gama
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Léo Jardim