The episode of "Programa do Jô" (Jô's Program) on Rede Globo de Televisão aired in the early hours of Thursday morning, featuring Flamengo midfielder Dejan Petkovic as one of the host's guests. The Serbian spoke in good humor about his adaptation to Brazil, his good form with the club, and his career in general.

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A perennial idol of the 2001 Rio de Janeiro championship triumph over Vasco, scoring the winning goal in the 43rd minute of the second half, Pet returned to Flamengo in May of this year to settle a long-standing debt with the club. However, he excelled on the field, assuming the role of leader and maestro of the team, and became one of Flamengo's standout players in the red-and-black team's run in the final stretch of the Brazilian Championship alongside Emperor Adriano, whom he lavished praise upon.

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"Adriano and I get along really well. We've been friends for nine years. On the field, he's a star player, he knows how to get away from the ball very well, and that makes all the difference," said the foreigner, who also explained why he's ambidextrous: "I trained a lot during my career to have the ability to shoot with both feet. But, of course, my left foot doesn't compare to my right."

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Pet also took the opportunity to explain why he was given the nickname Rambo, which made him famous in Serbia. "When I was much younger, I was 14 and left my hometown for a bigger city in Serbia, and my classmates hardly spoke to me. But in a tournament where I started playing really well, they started calling me Rambo, because of my physique, which was already large for my age, and because they said I was passing everyone," he revealed.

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Despite his first stint in Brazilian football in 1997, with Vitória da Bahia, and considering himself practically Brazilian, Pet still doesn't consider himself fluent in Portuguese. The player explained his departure from Real Madrid to play in Brazil and stated that he believes it was destiny that brought him to the country.

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"I'm still learning and I hope to speak properly one day. But I think my arrival in Brazil was a matter of fate. I did something completely different from what was usually done. It was even funny. I received an invitation from Vitória, who was playing for Real Madrid at the time. I was reluctant at first, but they were very insistent and convinced me that if I played well here, I would return to Europe. It was a challenge for me," said the number 43.

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Flamengo's next match in the Brazilian Championship is this Sunday at 19:30 p.m. against Goiás at the Maracanã. All tickets available for Flamengo fans have already been sold, but Those who were unable to secure theirs will have one last opportunity this Thursday.