Fresh twists: judge shuffle and emergency rule rock Vasco SAF | OneFootball

One week has passed since Samantha Mendes Longo resigned from her position as intervenor of Vasco SAF. The executive spent only six days in the role and cited personal safety concerns as the reason for stepping down. The days that followed were marked by intense turmoil in the courts, and on the night of last Monday (06), Vasco filed the long-awaited interlocutory appeal with the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice in an attempt to temporarily overturn the intervention through a stay order.

At the same time as the appeal, the main case took on soap-opera-like twists in the trial court. Judge Caroline Rossy Brandão Fonseca, who ordered the intervention, declared herself recused from continuing with the case. Then, in an order published this Monday, Judge Arthur Eduardo Magalhães Ferreira also declared himself unable to rule on the matter. With this game of musical chairs, the case was sent to the 6th Business Court, which will now decide the next steps in the proceedings.

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Emergency leadership and former intervenor’s report support defense

With the departure of Samantha Mendes Longo, the court determined that command of the football company, on an emergency basis, would be taken over by lawyer Adriana Campos Conrado Zamponi and by Alexandre Cordeiro, the club’s VP of Institutional Relations. Alexandre Cordeiro was identified in the former intervenor’s report as the fourth member of SAF’s Board of Directors, sworn in on May 10, and the only one not removed by the original ruling that punished president Pedrinho and his peers.

The Giant of the Hill is using the very report left behind by the resigned professional to fight back in court. The document she drafted acknowledges that the company has an “adequate management structure for operations,” pointing only to isolated governance flaws. In the filing, Vasco’s lawyers argue that the extreme measure caused “structural paralysis,” as it left the board without a quorum for deliberations and prevented the institution from functioning normally.

Pressure from Vasco’s Council of Benefactors and deadlock with Marcos Lamacchia

The political turmoil also spilled into the backstage of Vasco’s social club structure. The Council of Benefactors called an extraordinary meeting with the administrative board to demand clarification about the legal situation. The meeting was attended by Pedrinho and ended with a promise of institutional unity, along with a strong request from council members for full transparency in the negotiations over the sale of shares.

The bureaucratic paralysis has been directly affecting the football department led by executive Admar Lopes at CT Moacyr Barbosa. In court, the Cruz-Maltino argued that the instability has stalled the hiring of a new head coach and made it harder to complete the sale of SAF to businessman Marcos Lamacchia. Operating on a tight budget and under interim manager Bruno Lazaroni, the team is trying to speed up the legal proceedings to calm the situation before the match against Vitória in the Brazilian Championship.

Marcos Lamacchia is the main interested party in Vasco SAF – Photo: Reproduction

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