The Botafogo Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Cristian Medina
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Vitinho stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vitinho and Botafogo agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alex Telles 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Danilo 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Chris Ramos falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Botafogo sign Fábio Guimarães, one for the future
Fábio Guimarães is 14, and Botafogo 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.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Botafogo on Rodrygo Amaral
- Market Botafogo sign Fernando Lima, one for the future
- Market Botafogo sign Daniel Moreira, one for the future
- Match No goals between Botafogo and Corinthians