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Dejan Petkovic lamented the penalty shootout result against PSG (FRA)

The ‘cherry on top’ was missing for Flamengo to have a perfect year. Brazilian and Libertadores champions, Mengão lost the Club World Cup in a penalty shootout to PSG (FRA). Flamengo idol Dejan Petkovic revealed that he spent sleepless nights after the result in Qatar.

— Flamengo deserves congratulations. It happened in the penalty shootout, but it could have happened in the 90 minutes. PSG had several chances in stoppage time. Flamengo had one and could have surprised them. But it didn’t happen, that’s football — said Petkovic, to the page ‘No Ataque’.

— Losing on penalties makes everyone sad. I spent nights without sleeping. Anyway, to sum it all up, the year was extraordinary, very good. It’s a shame that we missed that detail of converting the penalties. They (PSG) missed too, but it just wasn’t Flamengo’s day — added the former number 10.

WHAT DID PETKOVIC DO RIGHT AFTER THE GAME?

While Petkovic now speaks about the match more calmly, in the minutes after the game against PSG, the Serbian vented. Upset with Flamengo’s poor performance in the penalty shootout, the foreigner raised his tone on social media. “We did everything to take it to penalties and we were just too incompetent. Missing one or two and losing is normal, but missing four is just inexplicable,” he wrote.

In regular time, Flamengo and PSG finished 1-1. However, in the penalty shootout, both teams performed poorly. The French missed two shots, but Flamengo missed four, with Saúl, Pedro, Léo Pereira, and Luiz Araújo.

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