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 24 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 13 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
Rolando Bianchi	Man City	@Portsmouth	1	/	0-0
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	Everton	90	/	1-1
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	Falkirk	/	/	pp.
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	@Stuttgart	90	1 goal	1-3
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Mallorca	45	/	4-3
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Sevilla	(injd.)	/	3-2
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Almeria	(bench)	/	0-0
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	@Getafe	40	red card	0-2
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Villareal	(injd.)	/	2-3
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Villareal	(bench)	/	2-3
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Murcia	(bench)	/	3-0
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Osasuna	90	/	1-0
Marco Storari	Levante	@Valladolid	90	/	0-1
Bruno Cirillo	Levante	@Valladolid	90	/	0-1
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	@Valladolid	84	/	0-1
Christian Riganò	Levante	@Valladolid	90	/	0-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Marseille	(susp.)	/	1-2
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Strasbourg	90	/	3-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@PSV Eindh.	(bench)	/	1-1
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@Roeselare	12	/	3-4
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	@Sion	90	/	1-5
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Young Boys	(bench)	/	1-1
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UKRAINE
Cristiano Lucarelli	Shakhtar D.	@Dyn. Kiev	20	/	1-2
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	Kuban Krasn.	(stands)	/	2-3

Heroes of the week

This week was pretty bad for Italian players, no one in particular standing out in a positive way. Luca Toni did get 1 goal on Saturday, but his Bayern team lost their first match of the season against VfB Stuttgart. The Italian striker even saw a goal in the 1^st half being inexplicably called off, but despite that fact he remains at the top of the Bundesliga scoring charts with a 9 goal total.

Even darker day for Gianluca Zambrotta, who came on in the 2^nd half against Getafe with his team down 0-1, and earned a direct red for a reckless tackle in the 85^th. A bit severe if you ask me, from the video evidence.

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