Thanks to The Gift of Fiorentina goalkeeper Tracciano, Milan's 22-year-old Portuguese winger Leon made up his mind to help the Rossoneri win a crucial victory at home and remain at the top of the Serie A table. León scored 10 goals in the league in a single season, rewriting his career record again, while also becoming the fifth Portuguese in history to do so.
Although Milan basically controlled the rhythm of the game and the offensive advantage, if it were not for Tracciano's big-footed mistake, the home team would not have been able to break the goal smoothly, and after intercepting the ball halfway, Leon burst into the box with the ball and shot low into the goal, scoring the only goal in the game.
This is Leon's 10th goal of the season, once again setting a new single-season league goal record, the previous record of 8 goals, was created in Ligue 1 side Lille in 2018-19, after joining Milan, he has scored 6 goals in Serie A in the past two seasons, but this season, when his playing time exceeded 2,000 minutes for the first time in history, the goal reached double digits for the first time, which is indeed gratifying.
He became the fifth Portuguese player in history to score in a single-game double in Serie A, four previously Juventus midfielder Rui Barosz in 1988-89 (12 goals in 29 games), Milan striker Rui Costa in 1998-99 (10 goals in 31 games), Ronaldo Ronaldo in 2018-2021 (21 goals in 31 games, 31 goals in 33 games and 29 goals in 33 games) and Berto (Udinese center, 11 goals in 28 games this season). Moreover, Leon is the only one of the five Portuguese players who are less than 23 years old when they double-double in a single season in Serie A.
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Such a progressive Leon and Milan contract only signed until the end of 2024, after the news that Paris Saint-Germain is willing to spend 70 million euros to buy, but Milan intends to renew his contract after a smooth change of ownership, Italian media revealed that the two sides are expected to finalize the relevant terms of the contract extension at the end of the season.