The Boa Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
8 saves: Gabriel Leite was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Boa
Vinicius and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Caio Araújo will join Boa for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Caio Araújo has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Boa have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Match8 Aug 2026
Renatinho’s goal not enough for Boa
Renatinho scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Paysandu, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marcos Viana steps up from the Boa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcos Viana 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fernando Teixeira joins the Boa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Teixeira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Pedro Silva joins the Boa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pedro Silva is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leonardo Monteiro steps up from the Boa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonardo Monteiro 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Gabriel Melo in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Boa are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Squad 17 new faces, and Boa are still learning each other
- The dugout Wesley Cunha: “No excuses”
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Valsir