the blow and kept pushing. And after the launch of Diego Souza, Wiliam Barbio was left alone with the goalkeeper. He pass looking for Alecsandro, but before that, Christian Ramos arrived and ended up doing against. The turning point came in the second half: Fagner in a corner, crossed, and Dedé, quite technical, headed to the back of the net, making 2–1. The Vasco da Gama has increased: after dubious penalty marked, Juninho Pernambucano was for the recovery and did. The Alianza Lima still scared, doing 3–2 with Walter Ibáñez. But it did not pass. The main character of the match was eventually Alecsandro: striker missed two penalties when the game was 1-1 (causing the expulsion of Giancarlo Carmona) and 2–1. For this reason, it ended up being unable to beat the third penalty by Felipe and Juninho Pernambucano. In the press conference surprise, on 8 March, Vasco da Gama announced the hiring of a new CEO: Franklin Assunção. The new "enhanced" Vasco arrived surrounded by many misgivings. In his presentation, Assunção had planned to make a speech. But ended up not doing and looking nervously at the press conference. Assunção appeared saying that he had worked in clubs lesser extent, as the Swiss Chiasso and the Italian Ascoli, which would have been contradicted by the current leaders of the clubs mentioned. On 11 March, Vasco da Gama won with authority Madureira: 3–0. Play with the little public and low technical quality, was resolved in the second half: Juninho Pernambucano, Fellipe Bastos and Allan tried to leave the small crowd in the stadium happy. On 14 March, Vasco da Gama draw, in Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz, in Asunción, with Libertad: 1-1. Vasco da Gama dominated the first half and made 1–0 with Diego Souza in the header after a cross by Fagner. In the second half, the game, which was already tense, won the air war: Diego Souza took unfair Ismael Benegas entry (which caused him a mark on the left calf), and the judge just gave the foul. In the next move, Diego Souza retaliated with an elbow, and sent off. The move caused a general confusion, which caused a yellow card for Wiliam Barbio and Sergio Aquino. At the exit to the locker room, Diego Souza had a bottle thrown in his direction. Diego Souza "pushed" the 4th referee and threw the bottle back to the fans of