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·19 August 2026

Vasco's Pedrinho slams Bap: "Dishonest, arrogant and hypocritical"

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Vasco president Pedrinho made a forceful statement early Wednesday afternoon (19) during the Vasco delegation’s departure for Asunción, Paraguay. The executive strongly fired back at recent remarks by Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, president of Flamengo, who involved the ANRESF and challenged Vasco’s investments and Judicial Recovery. Pedrinho made a point of stressing that his comments were directed at his rival as an individual:

“I’m going to speak about Bap the person. Zero institution (Flamengo), okay? I’m talking specifically about Bap. He has bad character, he’s arrogant, overbearing, conceited, and hypocritical.”

Going deeper into his dissatisfaction with the red-and-black executive’s stance, the Vasco president pointed to what he sees as inconsistency in the rival board’s behind-the-scenes talk about sporting fairness. For Pedrinho, this narrative of defending morality in football is only used when convenient:

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“Hypocritical because he uses the phrase: ‘I’m doing this for the good of the Brazilian Championship. It’s so the Brazilian Championship can have equality, a legal process.’ That’s when it doesn’t concern the club he represents. Because when it does concern the club he represents, like, for example, the distribution of shares in Libra, he’s the first one to get up, sit in the chair, and say he’s going to fight for Flamengo’s rights. Why doesn’t he think about the Brazilian Championship then? Doesn’t it matter for that? Does it only matter when it’s not his team? Isn’t it the other teams? So, he’s a hypocrite.”

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Accusation of persecution and a message about Vasco SAF

Vasco’s president categorically stated that the rival executive’s actions represent an absurd attempt at outside interference in the management of the club from São Januário. Pedrinho emphasized that other teams in the country operate under judicial recovery without facing any kind of opposition from the Flamengo president:

“It’s very clear that this is persecution against the institution. It’s very clear that he has no... I owe him no explanation whatsoever. So, he’s irresponsible, irresponsible, and he should take care of his own club, because when it comes to any negotiation involving the sale of a SAF, he’s not the one responsible, because there are other clubs under judicial recovery, signing players, and he doesn’t say a word. But with Vasco da Gama, he won’t get away with it. He won’t get away with it. This here really isn’t Flamengo, no. This here is Vasco. It’s Vasco. He has to respect Vasco a lot. He is not respecting Vasco. He’s meddling, and he has no business meddling.”

Full responsibility for the current football situation

Despite laying out all his dissatisfaction with the behind-the-scenes attacks and mentioning the direct impact of the freezing of the R$150 million loan on the season’s reinforcement plans, the Vasco executive assured that the institutional controversies will not be used as a shield to justify the team’s performances on the field in the Brazilian Championship:

“I just want to make it clear that everything I’ve said about the loan, about Bap, and how this was the difficulty we had in signing players, is not to remove any responsibility from football. I came in to try to leave Vasco better than I found it. I give my 100%. I’m imperfect. I don’t know if my 100% will be enough to put Vasco where it deserves to be, but that’s what I’m going to do. But just to make it very clear, there are no excuses. The responsibility for this situation is entirely mine.”

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

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