In a world of stammered hiking and panenkas, the penalties become an art form, and at the moment there are not many greater maestros than Joao Pedro in Brighton.
The Brazilian was the quintessence of cool on Saturday, intensifying in the 98th minute to earn three massive points for Brighton in a crimping dramatic point in their 2-1 victory against Fulham.
It was a massive moment in the Brighton season with the opportunity to take a hard blow in the race for Europe, but you did not know it of the way Pedro made Bernd Leno and the best part of 31,000 fans are waiting.
Even after the referee’s whistle, he always waited for another seven or eight seconds before spreading towards the ball and storing calmly at home.
This big showman had the whole soul in the palm of his hand, and you could say that he loved every second. But what is his secret?
“He forms it a lot,” said Fabian Hurzeler. “I think these things you can change, so it is not only to draw the penalty, but to understand the situation is full of pressure.
Joao Pedro sealed Brighton’s three points in the 98th minute with a penalty
The Brazilian star has now compensated for 13 penalties since his departure from Watford in 2023
Jan Paul Van Hecke revealed that he preferred to have Pedro that Mohamed Salah would not take a penalty
“Everyone looks at you, you have to stay calm and find the right technique and find the right corner.
“I think it’s a quality to score as many goals by a penalty.”
It was Pedro’s 13th goal to the penalty since he joined Brighton in the summer of 2023, and the term his kicks made directly four crucial points of the loss or drawing of positions – without which the seagulls would be 10th step – and this type of confidence bleeding in the team.
“I would put him everything on him,” admitted his other goverr Jan Paul Van Hecke when he had asked if there was someone else that he wanted to take the pain crucial.
Even the great Mohamed Salah, however?
‘No. I think Joao Pedro at that time for us is incredible.
