Marked for Anyelo Cotache
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market17 Sep 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Boa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match15 Sep 2029
7 matches without a win for Boa
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Boa are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Nobody could get near Marcelinho
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Boa
Wallace Oliveira 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.
Squad17 Sep 2029
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Lucas Toffoletti knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match15 Sep 2029
Parana take the points off Boa
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Sep 2029
No hiding place for Alípio
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alípio, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Sep 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Anyelo Cotache commits to Boa for another 3 years.
Market17 Sep 2029
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Boa money.
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Crisis
Match23 Jun 2029
The wait goes on for Boa
16 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.
Boardroom25 Jun 2029
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.
Market25 Jun 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Boa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Tempers go at Boa
Thiago Gigena 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.
Squad25 Jun 2029
The manager makes an example of Júnior Tavares
“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.
Player ratings25 Jun 2029
Nobody could get near Marcelinho
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings25 Jun 2029
A performance of 8.20 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match23 Jun 2029
It needed Anyelo Cotache to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against America Mineiro, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Pedro Henrique asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Match9 Jun 2029
14 matches without a win for Boa
The run now stands at 14, and the questions being asked around Boa are no longer polite ones.
Squad11 Jun 2029
There were 9 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.
Market11 Jun 2029
“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.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Tempers go at Boa
Wallace Oliveira 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.
Player ratings11 Jun 2029
A defender's afternoon for Max Oliveira
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad11 Jun 2029
The manager makes an example of Thiago Gigena
“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.
Squad11 Jun 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fabrício Baiano and Boa agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match9 Jun 2029
Boa draw a blank against Oeste
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Oeste defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Player ratings11 Jun 2029
Nobody could get near Alípio
Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Mar 2029
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.
Squad19 Mar 2029
The manager makes an example of Anyelo Cotache
“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.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Pedro Henrique asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Match13 Nov 2028
Every point is an argument now for Boa
Position 11 and 8 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market13 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Boa may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Ernando 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.
Boardroom13 Nov 2028
Boa still without a manager
12 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matheus Albino and Boa agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
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Squad
Anyelo Cotache still has not settled
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Boardroom
The Boa production line keeps running
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Crisis
Market30 Oct 2028
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.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Leonardo 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.
Market30 Oct 2028
Konrad Graulund is 19, and Boa have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market30 Oct 2028
He is 18, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Squad30 Oct 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Anyelo Cotache and Boa agree another 3 years.
Market30 Oct 2028
Boa bring in an old head
Thiago Henrique is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
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Steady
Squad2 Oct 2028
“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.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Nahuel Luján 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 Sport Huancayo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jeremy Rostaing commits to Sport Huancayo for another 2 years.
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Steady
Squad7 Aug 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marcelo Gaona commits to Sport Huancayo for another 4 years.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Nahuel Luján 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.
Squad7 Aug 2028
The medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for Anyelo Cotache, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Carlos Jiménez, and the manager let it.
Market7 Aug 2028
Still no offer on the table, and Carlos Jiménez’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Market7 Aug 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Leonardo Ortegal may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.