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We applied the “Plus/minus” to the ball, counting how many goals the Rossoneri score and concede when a given player is on the pitch
Plus/minus. It is a terminology to which US basketball and hockey fans are more accustomed than football fans, but – with due care – it can provide some interesting indications even if applied to Serie A (here meaning the plus/minus as the difference between goals scored and conceded in a defined period). Milan, for almost five years now, has become very “American”, in ownership and in philosophy: so let’s take the Rossoneri as a reference, to go and find out which players seem to “run” Pioli’s team better.