After exit, Igor Vinícius says Santos need to pick themselves up | OneFootball

After losing 2-1 to Novorizontino, Santos was eliminated from the Campeonato Paulista. Full-back Igor Vinícius lamented the result but said that the Alvinegro Praiano needs to recover for the rest of the season.

“We will keep fighting. We know that last year was not easy for the fans. We hope to correct the mistakes of the season, which we should have already corrected, but we are not managing to,” said the player.

Last season, Santos avoided relegation in the final rounds, and the team's stance hasn't changed in 2026. This year, Peixe was fighting against the Z2 of the Paulistão and only qualified for the knockout stage in the last round.

Moreover, the start of the Campeonato Brasileiro already raises an alert for the Santos fans. With only one point earned in three rounds, Santos is in the 18th position of the competition.

“We have to get up, keep our heads up. We need to score points in the Brasileiro… It's an atypical year, we barely managed to train in the pre-season and have already played several games. We had a week to train, but we couldn't play our best,” he continued.

“Our feelings go out to the fans, who came here to support us. We need to give a response to them and to ourselves, as a team. We need to score points in the Brasileiro,” he concluded.

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