The Botafogo Sentinel
Squad8 Nov 2027
10 saves: Gabriel Vasconcelos was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 10 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match6 Nov 2027
Botafogo taken apart
0‑3 to Cruzeiro, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Matheusinho signs for CRB while still at Botafogo
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Matheusinho has agreed terms with CRB for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad8 Nov 2027
A row about effort at Botafogo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cristian Medina was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Juan Camilo Portilla 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 Botafogo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Appearance number 200 for Kaio Pantaleão
200 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Inquest at Botafogo
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Loan watch8 Nov 2027
Matheus Lima wants to come home
“I did not go to Mixto to sit and watch. I want to come back to Botafogo and fight for my place.” 10 appearances in 43 matches say the rest.
Loan watch8 Nov 2027
10 goals on loan for Domingos Andrade
28 appearances at Goianésia and the goals keep coming. Botafogo are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.