Continuing my weekly article inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues.

Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 22 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 10 of them stepped on the field this week-end.

The table below includes the team the player belongs to, their opponents for the week, the number of minutes they played, their contribution (goal, assist), and the final score of the game.
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ENGLAND
Player	Team	Opp.	mins.	Contrib.	Score
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	@Barnsl.(CUP)	90	/	0-1
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Aberd.(CUP)	13	/	1-1
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	Karlsruhe	90	1 goal	2-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Espanyol	(injd.)	/	2-1
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Barcelona	(bench)	/	2-1
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	@Zaragoza	90	/	1-2
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	Villareal	90	/	1-2
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Levante	90	/	2-1
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	Levante	(bench)	/	2-1
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Deportivo	(N/A)	/	2-2
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	@Mallorca	90	/	1-7
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	@Sevilla	(injd.)	/	1-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Bordeaux	90	1 assist	4-2
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Nancy	(N/A)	/	0-2
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	Feyenoord	sched.	for	WED
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@Genk	90	/	2-1
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	@Genk	(injd.)	/	2-1
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	@Basel	(bench)	/	1-2
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Young Boys	(bench)	/	0-3
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	Lech Poznan	86	/	1-1
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	Lech Poznan	(N/A)	/	1-1
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	SEASON OVER	/	/	/

 

Heroes of the week

This week, our Italian players are back to points: one goal for our striker ‘made in Germany’ Toni, one assist for our World Cup 2006 hero (also Germany-related) Grosso. About time we mentioned the French Ligue 1 in this segment…

So let’s begin with the Bundesliga, and someone we are used to see featuring in this ‘Heroes of the week’ segment by now. Bayern Munich was hosting Karlsruher SC this week-end, in an interesting match pitting 1^st vs. 6^th-ranked in the German league. With Luca Toni in form, we all knew how that would end, with the ex-Fiorentina striker putting his name on yet another goal (protection of the ball inside the box, diagonal finish on the opposite post) and consolidating his lead in the Bundesliga scoring charts.

Then let’s move over to France, and the usually strongly-populated-by-0-0-draws Ligue 1. Featuring for the first time here, none other than Italy-Germany 2006 man-of-the-match Fabio Grosso. I’m sure everyone remembers the inswinging strike of July 4th which brought an entire nation to its knees, but if something can be said with certainty, is that the ex-Inter and Palermo player has not even come close to similar emotions during his spell at Lyon this season. This week-end however, in a much anticipated 1^st vs. 2^nd clash during which Lyon were hosting Bordeaux, Grosso dished out a top-notch performance. Attentive in defense and very active in offensive, the Italian winger even provided the assist for Mathieu Bodmer’s opening goal. Bravo Fabio.

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