Overview

• Vasco scored five times in a 16‑minute second‑half burst, with Philippe Coutinho netting a brace after Lucas Piton’s opener, and David Correa De Fonseca, Rayan and Danilo Neves also on the scoresheet.
• Santos announced the departure of head coach Cléber Xavier within hours of the loss, issuing a brief statement to thank him; he had been in charge since April.
• The result leaves Santos on 21 points from 19 matches in 15th place, just two points clear of the relegation zone, while Vasco climbed out of the bottom four and moved to within two points of Santos.
• Neymar left the field in tears and condemned the team’s display, saying he was “ashamed” and calling the on‑field attitude “terrible.”
• Home supporters turned their backs in protest after the final whistle, and Neymar’s third yellow card of the campaign rules him out of the August 24 trip to fourth‑placed Bahia.