Neymar in tears, Santos stunned 6-0 by Vasco da Gama: "A shameful match."
In tears, his face buried in his arms and knees. Neymar was almost in shock after the heaviest defeat of his career, the 6-0 home defeat to his Santos team against Vasco da Gama . The former PSG star was comforted by his management and his former national teammate, former Inter Milan and Barcelona player Philippe Coutinho , who, however, contributed a brace to the 33-year-old captain and Santos number 10's miserable night. After the match, Coutinho walked to the locker room with his face covered by his shirt, openly calling it a "shameful match."
Neymar had never lost by more than four goals, and before yesterday, the heaviest defeat of his career came in 2017, the 4-0 defeat against PSG in the first leg of the 2017 Champions League round of 16. However, he helped turn the tables in the return leg, with Barça's 6-1 victory still representing the greatest comeback in the history of the tournament and of all other European competitions.
The tennis result suffered by Santos represents the heaviest defeat in the club's history, which immediately gave coach Cleber Xavier the boot.
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