The Botafogo Sentinel
Match17 Apr 2027
Botafogo taken apart
0‑3 to Goiás, 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.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Marçal says Botafogo went back on their word
“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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Botafogo
Dean Phiri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Botafogo
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Apr 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
Luiz Nardo steps up from the Botafogo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luiz Nardo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Apr 2027
Botafogo promote Fera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fera has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Apr 2027
Botafogo promote Igor Moreira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Igor Moreira has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Vitor Rodrigues joins the Botafogo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vitor Rodrigues is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Botafogo sign off a bigger ground
- The dugout No hiding place for Júnior Santos
- Boardroom Doors closed at Botafogo