The Botafogo Sentinel
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Arthur Cabral keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Botafogo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Both of them Kaio Jorge's — 8.82
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.82, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Alisson runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
Botafogo tie Daniel Araujo down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Arthur Cabral in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Botafogo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Botafogo
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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at Botafogo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Batista is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match15 Apr 2028
Botafogo see off Fortaleza
Three points for Botafogo, 2‑1 the final word against Fortaleza in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces17 Apr 2028
The crowd has taken to Alisson
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Market Botafogo promote Bruno Moura from within
- Market Thiago Rocha steps up from the Botafogo academy
- Market João Xavier steps up from the Botafogo academy