'The worst moment I've ever had in football'
Midfielder Callum McGregor tells BBC Scotland: "The worst. The worst moment I've ever had in football. It was a real sore one."I just need to go away and try and go over it. And come back next year and be stronger. We didn't do enough in the game to deserve it."And then when you get to penalties, it's a bit of a let down. In the last few times, we've come out on the right side of it and today we didn't. It's a real sore way to finish the season."Up until this point, it's been an amazing season. We just didn't do enough today to cap it off."Well, obviously, it's a tough moment. I've had tough moments before."Probably this is the toughest one when you take everything into consideration. So, listen, I've bounced back from difficult situations before. And like I said, it'll take me a while to get over it."But once the new season starts, then that's up to me to show everyone that you've got a bit of steel."Yeah, I think we're so used to winning that when you don't, then you feel it ten times more."You feel it. Like I said, it's probably the worst moment I've had on the football pitch. And for sure, there'll be learning in that."It's so raw at the minute. But for sure, the group can learn from it, can be better for it, because sometimes you have to go through a wee bit of adversity to grow and get better. "And like I said, we're so used to winning that maybe the last couple of times we've turned up and we've managed to get over the line with it, really deserving it."
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