🚨 Couldn't hold on: Vitória sack manager Fábio Carille | OneFootball

Just hours after suffering the biggest thrashing in Brasileirão history by points per game, with an 8-0 defeat to Flamengo at the Maracanã, Vitória announced the dismissal of coach Fábio Carille.

The 51-year-old coach was announced by Leão da Barra on July 9, after the team's elimination from the Copa do Nordeste, with a 1-0 defeat to Confiança in the quarterfinals.

Fábio Carille made his debut for Vitória in a 1-0 defeat to Internacional and led the club in nine Brasileirão games, with only one win, three defeats, and five draws.

Still in the press conference, the coach showed dejection with the thrashing suffered at the Maracanã.

"It's the worst defeat of my life. This is my ninth year as a coach, and it was shameful. I have no words. Horrible and shameful night. I'd like to apologize on behalf of the team. What bothers me is that we knew where Flamengo was strong. We worked on it, but we couldn't reproduce it on the field".

+ Check out the UPDATED Brasileirão table after matchday 21

Fábio Mota, president of Vitória, also apologized to the fans for the humiliating defeat.

"I want to apologize to the Vitória fans. I'm very ashamed. We went through this in Série C, when we lost 6-0 to Figueirense (it was 5-1). We didn't give up. We went through this in Série B, we lost 6-0 to Avaí (it was CRB), and then we became champions. It's a situation we didn't want to happen, but it happened. Nobody here is throwing in the towel".

Leão da Barra returns to the field next Sunday (31), when they host Atlético-MG at the Barradão, for the 22nd round of the Brasileirão.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

📸 Buda Mendes - 2025 Getty Images