Philippe Coutinho struck twice as Vasco da Gama dismantled Santos 6-0 within the Brazilian Serie A on Sunday, inflicting the heaviest defeat of Neymar’s profession.
Neymar, who signed a brand new take care of his boyhood membership in June, was visibly distraught at full-time and needed to be comforted by a member of the teaching employees on the pitch.
Coutinho – the previous Liverpool and Barcelona midfielder who returned to Vasco this summer time – scored each of his objectives within the second half, including to an already one-sided affair. Lucas Piton had opened the scoring within the first half earlier than David Correa De Fonseca, Rayan, and Danilo Neves every discovered the web to finish the rout.
The emphatic victory lifted Vasco out of the relegation zone and closed the hole to Santos, who sit fifteenth, to only two factors.
Talking after the sport, Neymar admitted he was left humiliated by the efficiency. “I’m ashamed. I’m completely disenchanted with our efficiency. The followers have each proper to protest, clearly with out utilizing violence … But when they wish to curse and insult, they’re of their proper,” he mentioned.
“It’s a sense of maximum disgrace. I’ve by no means skilled this in my life. Sadly, it occurred. The tears had been from anger, from every little thing. Sadly, I can’t assist in each manner. Anyway, it was whole s—, that’s the fact.”
Within the aftermath, Santos dismissed head coach Cleber Xavier, confirming in a press release they’d parted methods and “want him effectively in his future profession.”
