Rafa Leao is special. And not just because he constantly smiles on the pitch. In the judgments on his absolute value as a footballer he shifts the opinion of around 60 million Italians per weekend. Partly because of his discontinuity demonstrated in these years at Milan, partly because of his rambling attitude on the pitch. His life has always lived in paradox: criticism on one side, numbers on the other. Those that are sometimes forgotten but which, when read, make you think: in the last six seasons – from 2020-21 to today – Rafa is the only player with at least 40 goals and 40 assists in Serie A. The question, here, arises spontaneously: how many in Europe have done better than him? Rule: they must have played for the same team.
