Peace sealed? José Boto posts ‘mysterious’ photo with Pedro after win

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·10 August 2025

Peace sealed? José Boto posts ‘mysterious’ photo with Pedro after win

José Boto appeared smiling in a photo published alongside Pedro

Flamengo defeated Mirassol 2-1 last Saturday (09), in a match valid for the 19th round of the Brasileirão. After the victory, the club's football director, José Boto, posted an ‘enigmatic’ photo alongside Pedro. As a result, the image drew attention and may be a sign of ‘peace sealed’ between the parties.

What did Boto post?

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What was the controversy between Boto and Pedro?

In summary, back in July, the press leaked a screenshot in which José Boto admitted his desire to negotiate Pedro. At the time, the football director spoke about his intention to sell the number 9 as long as a favorable offer for the club arrived.

On the other hand, Pedro felt exposed and the controversy escalated. Demotivated by the leak, the number 9 ended up performing below expectations in training. As a result, the player was left out of two Flamengo matches, against São Paulo and Santos.

What happened next?

In the meantime, coach Filipe Luís spoke publicly about Pedro’s attitude during Flamengo squad training. On that occasion, in a press conference, the red-black coach even described the number 9’s attitude as ‘regrettable’ and ‘ridiculous’, and made it clear that he had nothing to do with the controversy between the striker and José Boto.

Finally, Pedro met with the squad to explain himself. In addition, in a pitchside interview after scoring the winning goal for Flamengo against Fluminense, when he was called up again, the number 9 spoke about waiting for an apology from the ‘director’ who exposed him.

I recognize that I had a week well below what I could produce. After the episode that affected me, a leak that exposed me, exposed my person. Where there wasn’t, I think, respect for everything I’ve done here. Without a doubt, that post from a member of the board affected me, emotionally. I recognize that I was wrong […] And just as I am acknowledging that I had a bad week, I hope that the person who hurt me, this board member, does the same -, said Pedro.

After all the controversy, Pedro returned to training and playing normally for Flamengo. Against Mirassol, on Saturday (09), the number 9 was even a starter in the red-black attack alongside Samuel Lino and Gonzalo Plata. Thus, the situation between the striker and director José Boto seems to have been resolved internally.

And now?

Now, with Pedro available, Flamengo returns to the field on Wednesday (13), when they face Internacional. The match kicks off at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã, for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Libertadores. After that, the teams will play the decisive match next week, at Beira-Rio.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.