Recife

Defensive Midfielder - Boa
27 Sep 2028
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Marked for Recife

113 Edition

The Boa Sentinel

25 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad25 Sep 2028

João Vitor says Boa went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market25 Sep 2028

Recife is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Boa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad25 Sep 2028

Tempers go at Boa

Luan 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.

In brief

  • Squad No hiding place for Andrei
  • Boardroom 105% of the income goes out in wages at Boa
  • Squad Pericles asks for a word with the manager
Back issues
109 Edition

The Boa Sentinel

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom28 Aug 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Boa

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Boa is running low.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Samuel Santos keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Boa may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market28 Aug 2028

Only the photograph left for Recife

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Recife will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Boa the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Luan 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.

Match26 Aug 2028

Kelwin sends Boa past Santa Cruz

It finished 2‑1, and it was Kelwin’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Boa.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Christian gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings28 Aug 2028

Kelwin in the eights

A performance of 8.62 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings28 Aug 2028

Agnaldo in the eights

A performance of 8.46 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings28 Aug 2028

Nobody could get near Lucas Silva

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

105 Edition

The Boa Sentinel

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom31 Jul 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Boa

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Boa is running low.

Squad31 Jul 2028

A one-man rearguard from Dheimison

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market31 Jul 2028

Only the photograph left for Recife

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Recife will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Boa the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Luan 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.

Match29 Jul 2028

Kelwin’s goal not enough for Boa

Kelwin scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to America Mineiro, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Thiago Ennes gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings31 Jul 2028

Kelwin in the eights

A performance of 8.18 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Boardroom31 Jul 2028

Wages eat 105% of everything Boa earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Mateus Manso knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

101 Edition

The Boa Sentinel

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom3 Jul 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Boa

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Boa is running low.

Boardroom3 Jul 2028

Daniel Rangel has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Boa can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Player ratings3 Jul 2028

Samuel Santos shuts the door

Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Market3 Jul 2028

Recife has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Thiago Ennes signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Thiago Ennes and Boa agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Luan 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.

Match1 Jul 2028

Boa find a way past Nautico

Nautico made Boa work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings3 Jul 2028

One of those days for Agnaldo

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.38, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad3 Jul 2028

No hiding place for Bruno

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bruno, and the manager let it.

In brief

  • Boardroom 100% of the income goes out in wages at Boa
  • Player ratings Nothing got past Bruno Ramires
  • Player ratings Lucas Lopes runs at them all day
97 Edition

The Boa Sentinel

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 Jun 2028

A one-man rearguard from Dheimison

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Boardroom5 Jun 2028

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Boa

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Player ratings5 Jun 2028

Mateus Manso runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match3 Jun 2028

The wait goes on for Boa

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market5 Jun 2028

Jackson asks to leave Boa

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market5 Jun 2028

Recife is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Boa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad5 Jun 2028

Lucas Silva signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lucas Silva commits to Boa for another 3 years.

Squad5 Jun 2028

Luan 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.

Squad5 Jun 2028

Agnaldo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

  • Boardroom Wages eat 91% of everything Boa earn
  • Player ratings Nothing got past Lucas Silva
  • Player ratings Nothing got past Lucas Lopes
93 Edition

The Boa Sentinel

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings8 May 2028

Mateus Manso runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad8 May 2028

Luan stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Luan and Boa agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market8 May 2028

Recife has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad8 May 2028

Luan 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.

Player ratings8 May 2028

A masterclass from Luis Felipe

Marked 9.20 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match6 May 2028

Luis Felipe the difference as Boa beat Sampaio Correa

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luis Felipe. 1‑0 against Sampaio Correa, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings8 May 2028

A defender's afternoon for Bruno Ramires

Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings8 May 2028

Lucas Silva in the eights

A performance of 8.09 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad8 May 2028

Bruno gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief