AC Milan have beaten Sampdoria tonight in a 5-1 comfortable win. The Rossonero cruised through the already relegated team at the San Siro thanks to goals scored by Rafael Leao, Brahim Diaz and Olivier Giroud who provided a hat-trick.
The Portuguese left-winger, scored a goal and provided an assist and he reached, with such a performance, an impressive milestone.
According to data shared by Opta Paolo, Rafael Leao has been directly involved in 21 goals (13 goals, 8 assists): his best tally in a single Serie A season; before him, the last Milan player to have had a hand in 20+ goals in a single top-flight season was Ibrahimovic: 34, in 2011/12.
📊@OptaPaolo: Rafael #Leao has been directly involved in 21 goals (13 goals, 8 assists): his best tally in a single Serie A season; before him, the last Milan player to have had a hand in 20+ goals in a single top-flight season was #Ibrahimovic: 34, in 2011/12. pic.twitter.com/Daus7A4H5v
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