Vasco expect legal twist and Pedrinho's SAF return in 48 hours | OneFootball

The political and legal backstage of Vasco SAF has reached a boiling point with a major strategic move that could heavily impact the future of the club’s football operations. The legal team of investor Marcos Faria Lamacchia, working in complete alignment with the lawyers of president Pedrinho, has finalized an appeal directed to the higher courts. The joint offensive seeks to immediately overturn the injunction that ordered the executive’s removal from the company’s Board of Directors.

Internal sources connected to the case say the legal team expects the new ruling to be issued by the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice by this Wednesday, July 1, 2026. If the decision is favorable, the measure will suspend the effects of the provisional intervention decreed by the 4th Business Court and immediately return executive powers to the former player, halting the activities of court-appointed administrator Samantha Mendes Longo in the presidential seat.

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Confidence behind the scenes and contract progress

The mood of optimism is described as extremely high among the advisers and board members following the precautionary proceedings in recent hours. Sources directly involved in the debate treat the reversal of the previous decision as a highly likely outcome, highlighting that the technical filing prepared by the lawyers has ample legal grounds to nullify the governance issues raised by the Fiscal Council.

The joining of the legal teams of Vasco’s president and the family that owns Crefisa reinforces the mutual interest in shielding the multibillion-real business talks from further institutional turbulence. The urgent legal move was accelerated to ensure that negotiations over the R$2 billion memorandum of understanding do not face further delays because of the political split that recently led to a wave of dismissals of opponents of the associative board.

Judicial deadline and focus on Vasco’s planning

The rush to file the interlocutory appeal this Tuesday is also justified by the need to move forward with the football department’s talks. Without the outside oversight of the court-appointed administrator, the directors intend to fully regain autonomy to finalize negotiations for reinforcements ahead of the opening of the midyear transfer window.

Barring a last-minute twist completely outside the scenario mapped out by the parties, the internal expectation is that the elected president will take back control of the football company at the very start of next month. The return of the executive is seen as the only guarantee for approving the corporate transition of 90% of the sporting assets and restoring calm to the main squad’s dressing room.

Marcos Lamacchia is aligned with Pedrinho over Vasco SAF – Photo: Reproduction

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