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 cope with his boyhood membership in June, was visibly distraught at full-time and needed to be comforted by a member of the teaching workers on the pitch.
Coutinho – the previous Liverpool and Barcelona midfielder who returned to Vasco this summer season – scored each of his targets 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 online to finish the rout.
The emphatic victory lifted Vasco out of the relegation zone and closed the hole to Santos, who sit fifteenth, to simply two factors.
Talking after the sport, Neymar admitted he was left humiliated by the efficiency. “I’m ashamed. I’m completely disillusioned with our efficiency. The followers have each proper to protest, clearly with out utilizing violence … But when they need to curse and insult, they’re of their proper,” he stated.
“It’s a sense of maximum disgrace. I’ve by no means skilled this in my life. Sadly, it occurred. The tears have been from anger, from all the things. Sadly, I can’t assist in each means. Anyway, it was whole s—, that’s the fact.”
Within the aftermath, Santos dismissed head coach Cleber Xavier, confirming in an announcement that they had parted methods and “want him nicely in his future profession.”