The crowd of the Morumbi Stadium on Sunday (17) to see but ended up witnessing to a humiliating rout suffered by the team: 6-0 for the. After two straight wins, the Vila Belmiro team saw their rise in the Brazilian crumble and parked at 21 points. With the 6-0 triumph, visitors won again after five rounds, reached 19 points and left the relegation zone. In addition to being unable to get away from Z-4, Santos lost Neymar, suspended for the next match against Bahia.
The team 10 of the team, which made little against Vasco, thus interrupts a sequence of seven straight matches. Hanging, he took a yellow card by complaint in the first half. Dissatisfied with the work of coach Cleber Xavier, the Santos fans at Morumbis shouted Sampaoli’s name and after Vasco’s fifth goal, 16 minutes into the second half, many have left the São Paulo stadium.
Better positioned on the field, Santos started better. Neymar took advantage of Vasco’s flaw marking and had room to articulate the team’s moves, distributing the balls well to his companions. Visitors, however, scored the goal the first time they managed to reach the attack.
At 17 minutes, Nuno received on the right, crossed to the area, and Lucas Piton appeared in the second post to, head, open the scoring on the Morumbis. The Santos complained of leaving the ball at the side at the beginning of the play, but the goal was validated. In an advantage on the scoreboard, Vasco improved, hit the marking and Neymar had less room to play.
With Rayan open on the right, Fernando Diniz’s team created danger plays against Gabriel Brazão’s goal. In addition, Phillipe Coutinho found room to arm Vasco. Meanwhile, Neymar needed to retreat to seek game. Santos shirt 10, annoyed by arbitration, complained at the end of the first half and took the yellow card. As he was hanging, he embarrass the team in the next round.
Second time
The teams returned without changes to the second half, and Santos pressed in the resumption of the game in search of a draw. Guilherme, a highlight of the team in the victory against Cruzeiro, wasted a clear chance after 2 minutes, and Barreal hit Leo Jardim’s post at 3.
In the following minutes, however, Santos had a blackout and saw Vasco score 5 goals in about 15 minutes. At 6, David took advantage of cross and amended first. At 8, Phillipe Coutinho marked his first after failure to leave the ball from Santos. At 14, penalty was marked after VAR intervention, Rayan charged and made 4-0. At 16, Coutinho marked his second, from Cavadinha, and at 22, in a similar finish, Tchê Tchê marked Vasco’s sixth.
Santos even decreased at 37, with Guilherme and assistance from Neymar, but the goal was annulled by irregular position. After the final whistle, the crowd turned the back and the team has already. Neymar sat on the floor, had his head down and left the field crying.
Technical file
Santos 0 x 6 Vasco
- SANTOS – Gabriel Brazil; Mayke, Luisão, Luan Peres and Souza (Escobar); Zé Rafael (Rolheiser), Gabriel Bontempo (Rincón) and Neymar; Guilherme, Barreal (Caballero) and Tiquinho Soares (Luca Meirelles). Technician: Cleber Xavier.
- VASCO – Leo Garden; Paulo Henrique, Hugo Moura (Lucas Oliveira), Lucas Freitas and Lucas Piton; Jair (Thiago Mendes), Tchê Tchê and Phillipe Coutinho; Nuno Moreira (GB), Rayan (Puma Rodríguez) and David (Leo Jacob). Coach: Fernando Diniz.
- Goals – Lucas Piton, 17 minutes into the first half; David, at 6, Phillipe Coutinho, at 8 and 16, and Rayan, at 14, and Tchê Tchê, at 22, of the second half.
- Yellow cards – Hugo Moura, Jair and Tchê Tchê (Vasco); Luisão and Neymar (Santos).
- LOCAL – Morumbis Stadium, in São Paulo (SP)
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Carol Santos
