The Botafogo-SP Courier
Squad22 Feb 2027
The knee: Hygor out for 88 days
88 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Botafogo-SP lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Botafogo-SP
Yuri Tanque 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Botafogo-SP
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Wallace was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Botafogo-SP lose Adriano
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
João Costa 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.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Gabriel Inocêncio 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Matheus Aurélio a promise
- Market The Felipe Vieira story refuses to die
- The dugout Jordan keeps his manager's vote