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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 champion and Libertadores winner, Mengão lost the 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, just as it could have happened in the 90 minutes. PSG had several chances, in the extra time. Flamengo had one and could have surprised. But it didn’t happen, that’s football — said Petkovic, to the page ‘No Ataque’.

— Losing on penalties makes everyone sad. I spent sleepless nights. Anyway, to sum it all up, the year was extraordinary, very good. It’s unfortunate that this detail of scoring the penalties was missing. They (PSG) also missed, but it 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 following the game with PSG, the Serbian vented. Annoyed with the poor performance of Flamengo in the penalties, the foreigner raised his tone on social media. “We did everything to take it to penalties and were too incompetent. Missing one or two and losing is normal, but missing four is inexplicable,” he wrote.

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

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