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Our weekly Italian Players Around the World segment is back!!

Inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues (top divisions only). There are currently 32 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 17 of them stepped on the field this week-end.

The table below includes the team of the player, their opponents for this week, the time in minutes they played, their match contribution in goal(s) or assist(s), and the final score of the game.
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ENGLAND
Player	Team	Opp.	Time	Contrib.	Score
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	@Blackburn	(bench)	/	2-0
David Di Michele	West Ham	Everton	3	/	1-3
Andrea Dossena	Liverpool	West Brom	/	/	3-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	Motherwell	12	/	2-0
Manuel Pascali	Kilmarnock	Rangers	(susp.)	/	0-4
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GERMANY
Andrea Barzagli	Wolfsburg	E.Cottbus	90	/	3-0
Cristian Zaccardo	Wolfsburg	E.Cottbus	(bench)	/	3-0
Massimo Oddo	Bayern M.	@Schalke	90	/	1-0
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	@Schalke	72	1 GOAL	1-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Malaga	90	/	4-3
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Recreativo	90	/	1-0
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Getafe	90	/	3-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Almeria	72	1 GOAL	2-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Monaco	90	/	1-0
Elia Legati	Monaco	Lyon	/	/	0-1
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Lyon	(bench)	/	0-1
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	Twente	29	/	3-0
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BELGIUM
Francesco Migliore	Mons	Mouscron	(bench)	/	0-0
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Mouscron	90	/	0-0
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SWITZERLAND
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Grasshoppers	(bench)	/	2-1
Jacopo Ravasi	Lucerne	Aarau	90	1 GOAL	3-0
Davide Belotti	Bellinzona	Sion	/	/	3-0
Lorenzo Bucchi	Bellinzona	Sion	90	/	3-0
Paolo Carbone	Bellinzona	Sion	/	/	3-0
Andrea Conti	Bellinzona	Sion	/	/	3-0
Alessio Ferrazza	Bellinzona	Sion	/	/	3-0
Matteo Gritti	Bellinzona	Sion	(bench)	/	3-0
Iacopo La Rocca	Bellinzona	Sion	90	/	3-0
Giuseppe Miccolis	Bellinzona	Sion	(bench)	/	3-0
Angelo Raso	Bellinzona	Sion	90	/	3-0
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TURKEY
Morgan De Sanctis	Galatasaray	@Fenerbahce	90	/	1-4
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	@Spartak M.	(bench)	/	1-0

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Heroes of the week

Ladies & gentlemen, everything is back to normal: Rossi and Toni are scoring again!

So for starters, let’s travel to Spain where Giuseppe Rossi is finally riding the wave of success. First, “Joe Red” earned his first call-up to the senior national team (although Lippi didn’t give him any playing time yet). Then, he scored against Aalborg in the UEFA Champions League. And this week-end, repeated his good form by scoring the first goal in Villareal’s match vs. Almeria, a mere 15 seconds after kick-off!! And what a goal it was (see below), bravo! The Yellow Submarine went on to win the game 2-1.
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In Germany, Luca Toni somewhat got out of the slump that’s been holding him back for several weeks now, and scored the first goal in the Bundesliga “match of the week-end” against Schalke 04. Unfortunately, problems haven’t been fully washed for the Bayern striker. Firstly, his goal in the 3^rd minute was a rather simple tap-in from 7 yards out. Secondly, well… Toni didn’t do a whole lot much the rest of the game (and was even booed when Jürgen Klismann substituted him with Andreas Ottl in the 71^st). For a guy that scored almost 40 goals in his first season in Germany… we can expect a hell of a lot better! Forza Luca!!

Tags: Giuseppe Rossi, Italian Players Around the World, Luca Toni

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