The Botafogo Sentinel
Squad19 Apr 2027
Gabriel Vasconcelos is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Gabriel Vasconcelos: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match13 Apr 2027
A European night to remember for Botafogo
1‑1 against Flamengo, under lights, against people who do not speak the same language as the crowd. These are the evenings a club measures its decade in, and there are never as many of them as anybody expects.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Álvaro Montoro, 20, steals the show — 8.33
Marked 8.33 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Botafogo
Danilo 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 ratings19 Apr 2027
Artur runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Álvaro Montoro stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Álvaro Montoro and Botafogo agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Botafogo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Martinelli was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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.
Match17 Apr 2027
Whatever happens, Botafogo do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
In brief
- The terraces One of their own: Álvaro Montoro
- Match Álvaro Montoro the difference as Botafogo beat ABC
- Market Botafogo promote Trator from within