The Vasco da Gama Courier
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tchê Tchê signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tchê Tchê and Vasco da Gama agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Vasco da Gama
Santiago Sosa 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Renato Pacheco joins the Vasco da Gama first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Renato Pacheco is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: André Lima joins the Vasco da Gama first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. André Lima is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Vasco da Gama promote Rafão from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rafão 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Gabriel Rocha steps up from the Vasco da Gama academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Rocha 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.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Tchê Tchê 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Claudio Spinelli remains an outsider
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Vasco da Gama would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
A door opens for Lucas Freitas
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Loan watch 2 goals on loan for Bruno Lopes
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Cauan Barros
- Squad Word from the training ground: Facundo Colidio