Pedro Emanuel recalls Mourinho and Villas-Boas on joining Vasco da Gama | OneFootball

Pedro Emanuel was presented this Monday as the new coach of Vasco da Gama, in Brazil. “The challenge is great. We have a task that has to be immediate because, naturally, in 18 rounds the club has changed coaches twice. Things are not going well, but that is part of what our preparation over several years has been about,” the Portuguese coach said during the press conference.

“I also understand your skepticism regarding the choice of my name. We came here to organize, to be compact, to convey the confidence the players need right now more than anyone. They need that in our training process, in our playing process,” he stressed, according to GloboEsporte.

The new Vasco da Gama coach also mentioned some examples of successful Portuguese managers in Brazil. “Abel and Jorge Jesus are success stories [in Brazil]. Abel is an example. For me, it is not a problem. A good number of people do not know me. I will have to work to earn my place. It is very competitive here, and only through work will I earn the fans’ trust. That is life. Trust is not asked for, trust is earned. I want to win over the fans through work and through the essence of the club, which is competitiveness. That is what makes us great,” he said, also recalling the experience he gained alongside Mourinho and Villas-Boas, his former assistant coaches.

“Fortunately, throughout my career as a player, I had different ways of working with coaches, and they made me a champion. And so, having also gone through Mourinho as a player, I absorbed a lot from what I learned from him. And that also made me see a coaching career as a valid option. Then André Villas-Boas, who also added to that during a season of great success at FC Porto, led me toward clearer ideas. To be joyful in the way we play. And being joyful means not being afraid to have the ball, to take charge of the game when we have it. But when we do not have it, we must have the ability to help our team, to react when we lose possession,” he said.

After 18 matches in the Brasileirão, Vasco da Gama have 20 points and sit in first place among the teams in the relegation zone.

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