The Boa Sentinel
Match16 May 2029
The small margins put Boa out
Out, 1‑2 to Flamengo, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings21 May 2029
A chastening introduction for Christian Oliveira — 5.76
It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.76 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.
Squad21 May 2029
Home is on Szymon Bąk's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Boa are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad21 May 2029
Tempers go at Boa
Bruno Ramires 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.
Squad21 May 2029
Words at Boa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás Rea is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad21 May 2029
Getterson Alves 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 ratings21 May 2029
Nobody could get near Juan David Ruiz
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match19 May 2029
Boa draw a blank against Fortaleza
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Fortaleza defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Player ratings21 May 2029
A day to forget for Paschalis Stylos
Marked 5.19, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
In brief
- Player ratings José Vieira never got going
- Market Still no signature from Max Oliveira