The Vasco da Gama Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Brenner leads the rout of Mirassol
3‑0, and Brenner took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Vasco da Gama tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
8 saves: Léo Jardim 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vasco da Gama turn down Nacional for Euder
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lucas Piton raises the bar for Vasco da Gama
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Vasco da Gama heard it as anything else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Léo Jardim signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Léo Jardim and Vasco da Gama agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Vasco da Gama
Santiago Sosa 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.
Match4 Aug 2026
Botafogo take the points off Vasco da Gama
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Vasco da Gama supporters have found a favourite in Cuiabano
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Cuiabano has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lucas Barbosa steps up from the Vasco da Gama academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Barbosa 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Thiago Rocha joins the Vasco da Gama first team
- Player ratings Cauan Barros was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad Vasco da Gama are still strangers to each other