From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match15 Nov 2027
Boa sink to position 116 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Boardroom15 Nov 2027
Still nobody in the Boa dugout
14 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Squad15 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Salomão
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Salomão The manager makes an example of Salomão
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Uneasy
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Market8 Nov 2027
João Carlos has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Bruno Paulo , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad8 Nov 2027
154 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Charles out for 72 daysThe medical room confirms 72 days on the sidelines for Charles , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
Squad
Caio Quiroga out for 19 days
Boardroom
Boa pull $990.8K back off the table
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Uneasy
Squad1 Nov 2027
Juninho says Boa 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Giovanni out for 129 daysThe medical room confirms 129 days on the sidelines for Giovanni , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“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.
Juninho Juninho says Boa went back on their word
In brief
Squad
The armband comes off Alípio
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Crisis
Market25 Oct 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Boa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad25 Oct 2027
32 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Víctor Antúnez asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Match18 Oct 2027
Boa sink to position 116 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
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Crisis
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
Pressure builds in the Boa boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market11 Oct 2027
João Carlos has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad11 Oct 2027
27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Crisis
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lucas Sotero commits to Boa for another 2 years.
In brief
Boardroom
Wages eat 87% of everything Boa earn
Squad
The manager makes an example of Jean Victor
Boardroom
$990.8K taken back off the Boa table
Squad
Clayton Sales asks for a word with the manager
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Uneasy
Market27 Sep 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Boa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad27 Sep 2027
62 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 23 days on the sidelines for João Carlos , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Match20 Sep 2027
Boa sink to position 116 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Nirley says Boa 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.
Market20 Sep 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Nirley Nirley says Boa went back on their word
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Crisis
Match11 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
15 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom13 Sep 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Boa
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market13 Sep 2027
João Carlos has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match11 Sep 2027
A bad afternoon for Boa against Paysandu
0-1 to Paysandu , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Breno Lopes
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Fabrício Baiano asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Match4 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
14 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
The club looked outside for a month, found nothing it preferred, and handed the job to the man who had been doing it anyway. He knows the building; now he has to prove he knows the rest.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Dheimison Dheimison keeps Boa in it on his own
Squad6 Sep 2027
Jean Victor : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Boa have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match4 Sep 2027
0-1 to America Mineiro , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Wages eat 87% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
In brief
Squad
The manager makes an example of João Denoni
Squad
Víctor Antúnez knocks on the manager's door
Boardroom
$990.8K taken back off the Boa table
Market
Boa and Valsir are talking past each other
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Crisis
Match28 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
13 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Match28 Aug 2027
Chastening afternoon for Boa
A 1-4 beating by Mirassol was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Valsir says Boa 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.
Valsir Valsir says Boa went back on their word
Squad30 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 93 days on the sidelines for Anderson Carvalho , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market30 Aug 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Boa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Match23 Aug 2027
Boa sink to position 116 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market23 Aug 2027
João Denoni hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Boa can pretend not to have heard.
Market23 Aug 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 43 days on the sidelines for Anderson Lessa , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad23 Aug 2027
59 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Honours even between Boa and Oeste
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Alípio finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Boa have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
In brief
Market
Gerson placed on the list
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Alípio
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Crisis
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Dheimison
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match14 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for Boa against Juventude
1-2 to Juventude , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Dheimison knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market16 Aug 2027
Boa and Nirley are talking past each other“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Crisis
Match7 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Still nobody in the Boa dugout
8 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Match7 Aug 2027
Parana take the points off Boa Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Dheimison 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.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Wages eat 85% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Thiago Ennes knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Match31 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Match31 Jul 2027
Boa taken apart0-4 to São Paulo , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 125 days on the sidelines for Anderson Carvalho , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad2 Aug 2027
80 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Thiago Ennes 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.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Inquest at Boa
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The award goes to Víctor Antúnez , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
In brief
Boardroom
Boa pull $990.8K back off the table
Market
Window shut, Giovanni still here
Market
Martín Pucheta placed on the list
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Crisis
Match26 Jul 2027
Boa are in real trouble nowPosition 11, 5 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match24 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Breno Lopes says Boa 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.
Breno Lopes Breno Lopes says Boa went back on their word
Market26 Jul 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 73 days on the sidelines for Anderson Lessa , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Flávio Ramos 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.
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Crisis
Match17 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Match17 Jul 2027
Internacional left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Crisis
Market12 Jul 2027
Giovanni hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Boa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Nirley says Boa 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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Giovanni Giovanni hands in a written request
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Crisis
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Boa
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Matheus Rangel has until the next board meetingWhat was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Boa can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market5 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match3 Jul 2027
6 matches without a win for Boa
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Boa are no longer polite ones.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Emerson Catarina and Boa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match3 Jul 2027
Nautico take the points off Boa Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Breno Lopes
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Boa pull $990.8K back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Is this Breno Lopes ’s last season?
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Breno Lopes is 37, with 10 appearances behind him, and Boa will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
In brief
Squad
Alípio unhappy with how he is being used
Market
Boa put Liel up for sale
Boardroom
Boa answer back
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Crisis
Match28 Jun 2027
Boa sink to position 114 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market28 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match26 Jun 2027
5 matches without a win for Boa
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Boa are no longer polite ones.
Market28 Jun 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 107 days on the sidelines for Anderson Lessa , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match26 Jun 2027
Boa come up short against Paysandu Paysandu left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Crisis
Match19 Jun 2027
4 matches without a win for Boa
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Boa are no longer polite ones.
Match19 Jun 2027
America Mineiro left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Crisis
Squad14 Jun 2027
Valsir keeps Boa in it on his ownSome afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match12 Jun 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Jun 2027
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Valsir Valsir keeps Boa in it on his own
Market14 Jun 2027
Giovanni is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Boa has been clear about where Giovanni stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom14 Jun 2027
Wages eat 97% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Crisis
Market7 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match5 Jun 2027
A bad afternoon for Boa against Oeste
2-3 to Oeste , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market7 Jun 2027
Reydson is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Boa has been clear about where Reydson stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Jean Victor 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Reydson finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Boa have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Jean Victor . Boa will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
In brief
Squad
Nirley is not saying it is over
Market
Boa put Liel up for sale
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Crisis
Match31 May 2027
Boa sink to position 114 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market31 May 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad31 May 2027
136 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Match19 May 2027
Boa bow out of the cupBotafogo go through and Boa go home, 0-4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad24 May 2027
A one-man rearguard from Valsir
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad24 May 2027
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Valsir A one-man rearguard from Valsir
Squad24 May 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match22 May 2027
Three points for Boa , 1-0 the final word against Parana in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad24 May 2027
84 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Match15 May 2027
5 matches without a win for Boa
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Boa are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Bruno Paulo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom17 May 2027
Wages eat 97% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Bruno Paulo The manager makes an example of Bruno Paulo
Match15 May 2027
Boa and São Paulo take a point apieceIt finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad17 May 2027
Alípio wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Alípio has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Boa know, and have known for weeks.
Squad17 May 2027
Nirley asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Squad10 May 2027
Valsir keeps Boa in it on his ownSome afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad10 May 2027
The medical room confirms 39 days on the sidelines for Lucas Sotero , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match8 May 2027
4 matches without a win for Boa
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Boa are no longer polite ones.
Valsir Valsir keeps Boa in it on his own
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Crisis
Squad3 May 2027
Bruno Paulo : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Boa have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad3 May 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Flávio Ramos commits to Boa for another 2 years.
Market3 May 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Bruno Paulo Bruno Paulo: that is not what I was promised
Match1 May 2027
1-2 to Internacional , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Laércio
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market3 May 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Apr 2027
Gerônimo says Boa 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 53 days on the sidelines for Dheimison , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Gerônimo Gerônimo says Boa went back on their word
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Crisis
Market19 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Júnior Fernandes is back at Boa , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market19 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Carlos Rodrigues is back at Boa , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market19 Apr 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market19 Apr 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Match17 Apr 2027
A bad afternoon for Boa against Nautico
1-2 to Nautico , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Flávio Ramos
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Wages eat 96% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Murilo Oncken commits to Boa for another 4 years.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Anderson Carvalho has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 2027
Bruno Paulo 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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Boa will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Squad5 Apr 2027
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
In brief
Squad
The manager comes out for Laércio
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match29 Mar 2027
Boa sink to position 96 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Breno Lopes 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Juliano out for 26 daysThe medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for Juliano , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Squad22 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 41 days on the sidelines for Breno Lopes , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Thiago Ennes , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Gerônimo 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.
In brief
Boardroom
105% of the income goes out in wages at Boa
Squad
Breno Lopes knocks on the manager's door
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Laércio
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market15 Mar 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager comes out for Nirley
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Nirley has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Laércio The manager makes an example of Laércio
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Uneasy
Squad8 Mar 2027
Alípio signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alípio commits to Boa for another 2 years.
Market8 Mar 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Valsir asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Alípio Alípio signs a new deal
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Uneasy
Match1 Mar 2027
Boa sink to position 96 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Juliano out for 58 daysThe medical room confirms 58 days on the sidelines for Juliano , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Breno Lopes 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.
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Uneasy
Squad22 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 56 days on the sidelines for Thiago Ennes , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
Wages eat 118% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Uneasy
Squad15 Feb 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jhonnatan commits to Boa for another 1 years.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Tiaguinho Silva has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad8 Feb 2027
Gerônimo 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 Feb 2027
Dheimison keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Dheimison plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Nirley is out on the grass againHe came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Boa will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
Gerônimo Gerônimo gets it from the manager
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Uneasy
Match1 Feb 2027
Boa sink to position 96 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Boa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Juliano out for 90 daysThe medical room confirms 90 days on the sidelines for Juliano , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Breno Lopes
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
111% of the income goes out in wages at Boa
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad25 Jan 2027
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Boa will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
Breno Lopes The manager makes an example of Breno Lopes
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Uneasy
Squad18 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Laércio
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Bruno Paulo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market18 Jan 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Anderson Sobral may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Laércio The manager makes an example of Laércio
In brief
Squad
Giovanni keeps his manager's vote
Squad
Giovanni is out on the grass again
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Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Víctor Antúnez commits to Boa for another 4 years.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Match4 Jan 2027
Boa sink to position 96 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Gerônimo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Charles out for 31 daysThe medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Charles , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Gerônimo The manager makes an example of Gerônimo
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Uneasy
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 130% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Giovanni 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Gustavo Silva knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Giovanni Giovanni gets it from the manager
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Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
Breno Lopes 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Thiago Ennes commits to Boa for another 3 years.
Market21 Dec 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad14 Dec 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Thiago Ennes and Boa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market14 Dec 2026
Experience through the door at Boa
Clayton Sales arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Somebody is after Laércio ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Laércio suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Boa have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market14 Dec 2026
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Vinícius Paulista arrives at Boa with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Uneasy
Match7 Dec 2026
Boa sink to position 96 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Flávio Ramos 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 60 days on the sidelines for Diego Macedo , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Squad30 Nov 2026
Breno Lopes : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Boa have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Laércio 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.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 130% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Breno Lopes Breno Lopes: that is not what I was promised
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Fabrício Baiano
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
Squad
Laércio keeps his manager's vote
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Boa have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Gerônimo 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager comes out for Giovanni
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Giovanni has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
Squad
Alemão is out on the grass again
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match9 Nov 2026
Boa sink to position 96 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
Gerônimo says Boa 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.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 130% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Luan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Gerônimo Gerônimo says Boa went back on their word
Squad2 Nov 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gerson and Boa agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Boa will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Market2 Nov 2026
Boa bring in an old headGerson is 34 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
In brief
Market
Boa bring in an old head
Market
Experience through the door at Boa
Market
Pericles joins Boa on a free
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
Breno Lopes 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
53 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jean Victor commits to Boa for another 3 years.
Market26 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Boa
Salomão arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market26 Oct 2026
Boa bring in an old headAnderson Sobral is 34 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Gerônimo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
Bruno Paulo says Boa 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
Bruno Paulo Bruno Paulo says Boa went back on their word
Squad19 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Flávio Ramos and Boa agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market19 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Boa
Gabriel Soares arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market19 Oct 2026
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Flávio Ramos arrives at Boa with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Uneasy
Match12 Oct 2026
Boa sink to position 96 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fernando Boldrin commits to Boa for another 1 years.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 124 days on the sidelines for Diego Macedo , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market12 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Boa
Mateus Mendes arrives at 34 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market12 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Boa
Rafinha arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
In brief
Market
Boa bring in an old head
Market
Boa bring in an old head
Squad
Alemão asks for a word with the manager
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad5 Oct 2026
Valsir says Boa 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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 210% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Martín Pucheta commits to Boa for another 2 years.
Valsir Valsir says Boa went back on their word
Squad5 Oct 2026
Gerônimo 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market5 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Boa
Martín Pucheta arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
In brief
Market
Experience through the door at Boa
Market
Experience through the door at Boa
Market
Experience through the door at Boa
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Anderson Carvalho has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Breno Lopes
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Gustavo Silva knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Alemão keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Alemão plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Breno Lopes The manager makes an example of Breno Lopes
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Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
A hiding for Boa
Beaten 0-3 by America Mineiro , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match14 Sep 2026
Boa sink to position 96 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 23 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“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.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Nobody left the Boa dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Gustavo Silva asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Sep 2026
The match ball belongs to Tiago Azulão , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Match5 Sep 2026
A 3-1 win over Sampaio Correa , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 397% of everything Boa earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Luan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Breno Lopes knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Boa , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market7 Sep 2026
Experience through the door at Boa
Luan arrives at 37 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
In brief
Market
Experience through the door at Boa
Squad
Alemão is not saying it is over
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Tiago Azulão
The terraces
Tiago Azulão has his own song now
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match29 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Match29 Aug 2026
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Gerônimo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Gerônimo The manager makes an example of Gerônimo
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Uneasy
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Valsir 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
Boa draw a blank against Oeste The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Oeste defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Valsir Valsir gets it from the manager
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Uneasy
Squad17 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Dheimison
There were 13 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Boa
1-2 against Palmeiras , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 21 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Match15 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Boa 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Boa has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Giovanni and Boa agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Uneasy
Squad10 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Fernando Boldrin , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gustavo Veiga is 20, and Boa have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market10 Aug 2026
He is 20, and nobody at Boa signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gustavo Veiga commits to Boa for another 4 years.
Match8 Aug 2026
Honours even between Boa and Paysandu
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
Market
Boa bring in an old head
Market
Boa bring in an old head
Squad
Renatinho is off the mark for Boa
The terraces
The press have found their man in Renatinho
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Crisis
Squad3 Aug 2026
Valsir signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Valsir commits to Boa for another 2 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
ABC take the points off Boa Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market3 Aug 2026
Boa bring in an old headTiago Azulão is 38 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Valsir Valsir signs a new deal
In brief
Market
Boa bring in an old head
Market
Boa bring in an old head
Market
Boa bring in an old head
Squad
Reydson has company in his position