Voted best player of the Intercontinental Cup, PSG’s Vitinha congratulated Flamengo after beating the team in the tournament final and said he was not surprised by the Brazilian team’s good performance. Furthermore, the midfielder said that Paris Saint-Germain are taking the match seriously.
“No, no (about Flamengo’s performance being surprising). In the interviews before the match we said that because we knew it. Mr. (Luis Enrique) explained to us how this match could go. Flamengo is a fantastic and super competitive team“, said Vitinha, in a mixed zone.
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PSG won on penalties and took the title.
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“I already know that the praise will mean nothing, because they wanted to win, just like us. The best compliment I can give is that we were 100% in this match, We really wanted to win this title and yet we only won it on penalties.“, he added.
Furthermore, the 25-year-old Portuguese also reiterated that Flamengo was at the end of the season and, despite this, they played a great match and made life difficult for the French club. “We wanted to resolve this problem earlier, but unfortunately it was only on penalties,” he said.
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The game
In normal time, Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring in the first half, while Jorginho equalized for Rubro-Negro. The final, tied 1-1 in regulation time, was marked by four saves from Matvei Safonov, PSG’s Russian goalkeeper, who replaced injured starter Lucas Chevalier. The French club won the trophy for the first time in its history.
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