According to Pedro Emanuel, the Vasco team's mentalidade and postura were crucial to their victory. "It's starting to be difficult to find the right words to describe the team's ability. Players are always available. We played three games in three days, but always with spirit," he said in a press conference. The Vasco team is now three games away from a potential Copa do Brasil title, having qualified for the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores under Pedro Emanuel's management.
Pedro Emanuel also commended the team's ability to adapt to different situations and create scoring opportunities. "We were brave, we were warriors, we knew how to suffer and be below the game and we knew how to create our opportunities at the right moment," he said. The Vasco team will now face Palmeiras in the Copa do Brasil semifinals, a very difficult opponent according to Pedro Emanuel. "We have a very difficult opponent, probably the team that has won the most titles in Brazil in recent years. But the team has already shown that there are no impossible games, and dreaming is part of life," he said.
The next match for Vasco will be against Palmeiras, and Pedro Emanuel is confident that the team can emerge victorious. "We will try to do it," he said.