Normally this column zooms in on the match statistics of the man of the match, but that would not do justice to Ricardo Pepi 's numbers. After all, the 20-year-old striker is considered a real supersub. An overview of his season so far.
Goal per number of minutes played
Olivier Boscagli is virtually on the back line when he reaches Joey Veerman between two opponents. For his part, the Volendam native sees Ricardo Pepi off and uses his golden right leg to deliver a tailored pass. With only two minutes in the legs, 'El Tren' passes the sc Heerenveen goalkeeper. For Ricardo, it was his second goal in eight minutes of play, as he also scored during his substitution against Sevilla FC. It says everything about the efficiency of the supersub. In only 239 minutes played, spread over 19 games, he already found the net six times. That amounts to forty minutes per goal!
Goal attempts
To say that Ricardo has a drive forward is an understatement. In the 18 minutes he was on the field, the striker took the goal under fire three times. Only once less than Ismael Saibari, Johan Bakayoko and Guus Til, who started in the base. Striking fact is that the American from Texas scored all his league goals inside the penalty box.
The Stars and Stripes
In addition to his productivity at PSV, Pepi is also proving to be a goal thief with the United States national team. In the last international break, in which 'Team USA' played a duel with Trinidad & Tobago in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Nations League, he scored the opening goal in the 81st minute. Ricardo also played an important role as a substitute in the international periods before that, finding the net against both Oman and Uzbekistan. His goal total for the Americans now stands at ten. He needed only 1128 minutes to do so.
