Peter Bosz saw how PSV was too strong for Willem II on Saturday afternoon with 0-2. Ricardo Pepi was personally responsible for the entire production on behalf of the Eindhoven residents. The American was allowed to start in Tilburg by the head coach.
“He is a good player, but is unlucky that he has a phenomenon in front of him,” Bosz said at the PSV press conference after the victory in Tilburg. The head coach is of course referring to striker Luuk de Jong. “Luuk scores, provides assists and is our captain. And he is also top fit. Ricardo also has that bad luck.”
“Towards the end of the last season I spoke to him more often, because he really needed it,” he continues. “It is very human that if you train well and substitute well, but still do not start in the starting line-up, it will be frustrating. But that is just his fate, that was also told to him when he came here. Earnest Stewart is I have been very clear about that. But I can imagine that it can be tough at times.”
“What Ricardo can improve on? Something he cannot do anything about: experience. Luuk has the experience: he has played at Barcelona, Seville, in England and in Germany. He brings that experience to the matches. Ricardo is that experience now, by playing at PSV, at the top, where it is not allowed but must and where he can play matches in the Champions League,” said Bosz.
