PSG v Flamengo: "Anything is possible", Filipe Luís sends a strong message

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·16 December 2025

PSG v Flamengo: "Anything is possible", Filipe Luís sends a strong message

This Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. (broadcast on M6), Paris Saint-Germain will face Flamengo at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Doha (Qatar) as part of the 2025 Intercontinental Cup final. In a press conference, Filipe Luis, the Brazilian coach, spoke about this match and the Parisian opponent.

Felipe Luis: “In a final, you have to make as few mistakes as possible”

“We’re not talking about the match against Bayern. Every match is different. We’re not going to play against Bayern, we’re going to play against PSG, even though their pressing is just as intense. Back then, I thought our goal was to beat Bayern, and they were better than us. Today, the plan is different, but without abandoning our principles, Flamengo’s DNA. It’s another match, another story, and Luiz Araújo is right on a crucial point: in a final, you have to make as few mistakes as possible. Before our Libertadores victory, I often heard that our team didn’t know how to play in the Libertadores, that it was soulless. After our victory, did everything change? I don’t think about that (the experience of big competitions, editor’s note), I think about the quality of our players.

Felipe Luis: “I am convinced my players are the best”

A possible victory? It’s possible. Of course I believe it, and of course I tell the players. In football, anything is possible. I am convinced my players are the best. I’ve always told them since I arrived, their way of playing and their commitment in training are proof of that. This team is capable of anything, capable of making history. Because I believe in them so much, they believe in themselves too, obviously.”

Dominating a final is flattering. Winning it is what counts. The history of football is cruel but clear: no one remembers for long the teams that kept the ball without lifting the trophy. In a final, control is only a means, never an end. Filipe Luís understands this well against Paris Saint-Germain: intensity, pressing, collective quality matter, but they must lead to one very concrete thing—victory. The rest disappears into the archives. A final is not judged by possession or intentions, but by the ability to be cold, precise, opportunistic. That’s where everything changes. Dominating without finishing only feeds regrets. Winning, even without shining, forges legends. And at the final whistle, it is always the winner’s name that is engraved, never that of the most attractive. The match is not played in the press conference; it will be played on the field.