Neymar In Tears As Santos Thrashed By Coutinho's Vasco

Brazil guardant Neymar near nan section successful tears aft Santos suffered a 6-0 location conclusion by Vasco da Gama.

The nonaccomplishment was nan biggest of Neymar's profession and it was nan first clip that Santos person conceded six goals astatine location successful a Brazilian Serie A match.

The eight-time champions are 2 points supra nan relegation area and coach Cleber Xavier was sacked hours aft Sunday's game.

Former Liverpool and Aston Villa guardant Philippe Coutinho scored doubly arsenic Vasco claimed their first triumph successful six convention games and their biggest convention triumph successful 17 years.

"I'm ashamed," said Neymar. "I'm wholly disappointed pinch our performance. The fans person each correct to protest, evidently without utilizing violence.

"But if they want to curse and insult, they're successful their right. To sum up our cognition connected nan field, it was terrible.

"I've ne'er knowledgeable this successful my life. The tears were from anger, from everything. Unfortunately, I can't thief successful each way.

"I deliberation everyone coming needs to spell location and deliberation astir what they want to do."

Neymar remains nan world's astir costly footballer, joining Paris St-Germain from Barcelona for £200m successful 2017, and he returned to his boyhood nine successful January aft nan termination of his statement pinch Saudi Pro League broadside Al-Hilal.

The 33-year-old signed another six-month woody successful June and since rejoining Santos has claimed six goals and 3 assists from 21 games successful each competitions.

Brazil's all-time starring goalscorer left nan section successful tears aft getting injured 34 minutes into his first Serie A commencement of nan season, earlier missing nan adjacent 5 convention games pinch a hamstring problem.

Xavier, 61, took complaint astatine nan extremity of April aft serving arsenic an adjunct head astatine respective Brazilian clubs, positive nan nationalist team.

Santos won 5 of his 15 games successful complaint and are now conscionable 2 places supra nan relegation zone, conscionable a spot higher than Vasco who were lifted retired of nan bottommost 4 aft Sunday's win.

Santos won promotion backmost to nan Brazilian apical formation past November aft spending a twelvemonth successful Serie B pursuing their first ever relegation.

Their adjacent crippled is distant to fourth-placed Bahia connected Sunday, 24 August.