The Vasco da Gama Courier
Squad7 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Léo Jardim
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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Nuno Moreira
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match5 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Vasco da Gama
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Vasco da Gama are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Paulo Henrique 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 Vasco da Gama this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Lucas Piton 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Botafogo take the points off Vasco da Gama
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Thiago Mendes
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Thiago Mendes, and the manager let it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Claudio Spinelli keeps on missing
Shots: 7, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Market7 Sep 2026
Lucas Eduardo leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Lucas Eduardo leaves Vasco da Gama the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.