The Boavista Sentinel
Squad17 Apr 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Luís Henrique
17 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Boavista lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Julián Reyna says Boavista went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
A new deal for Willian Batista
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Match15 Apr 2028
Boavista make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Boavista have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words exchanged at Boavista
Allan Godói 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.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Boavista
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The terraces17 Apr 2028
One of their own: Nabil Pérez
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market17 Apr 2028
Boavista promote Roberto Tavares from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roberto Tavares 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.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Alex Guimarães joins the Boavista first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alex Guimarães is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.