The Botafogo Sentinel
Match11 Apr 2029
Botafogo do the business in Europe
1‑0. Continental football is where a club finds out what it actually is, and Botafogo came through the finding-out well against Junior.
Match11 Apr 2029
Botafogo make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Botafogo have 4 straight wins of it.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Daniel Araujo signs on for the long haul
Botafogo moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Daniel Araujo, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Matheus Martins frozen out at Botafogo
This is not rotation. Matheus Martins has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Botafogo is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Botafogo
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Alex Telles 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Caio Neves joins the Botafogo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Caio Neves is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Aranha joins the Botafogo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aranha is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Apr 2029
Botafogo promote Willian Rangel from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Willian Rangel 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.
In brief
- Market João Oliveira steps up from the Botafogo academy
- Boardroom Botafogo are making the ground bigger
- Boardroom A promise the Botafogo board did not keep