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 15 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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Rolando Bianchi | Man City | Tottenham | |||
Carlo Cudicini | Chelsea | @Fulham | |||
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Massimo Donati | Celtic | S.Albion (CUP) | |||
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Luca Toni | Bayern M. | NEXT ROUND | |||
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Fabio Cannavaro | Real Madrid | @Levante | |||
Giuseppe Rossi | Villareal | Deportivo | |||
Christian Abbiati | Atl. Madrid | Valencia | |||
Gianluca Zambrotta | Barcelona | Murcia | |||
Enzo Maresca | Sevilla | @Ath. Bilbao | |||
Morgan De Sanctis | Sevilla | @Ath. Bilbao | |||
Emiliano Moretti | Valencia | @Atl. Madrid | |||
Stefano Sorrentino | Recreativo | @Valladolid | |||
Damiano Tommasi | Levante | Real Madrid | |||
Christian Riganò | Levante | Real Madrid | |||
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Fabio Grosso | Lyon | Toulouse | |||
Flavio Roma | Monaco | Lorient | |||
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Graziano Pellè | AZ Alkmaar | @Ajax | |||
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Roberto Mirri | Mons | Gent (CUP) | |||
Alessandro Pistone | Mons | Gent (CUP) | |||
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Stefano Razzetti | St. Gallen | SEASON OVER | |||
Andrea Guatelli | FC Zürich | SEASON OVER | |||
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Stefano Napoleoni | Widzew Łódź | NEXT ROUND | |||
Joseph Oshadogan | Widzew Łódź | NEXT ROUND | |||
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Ivan Pelizzoli | Lok. Moscow | SEASON OVER |
Heroes of the week
This week only one goalscorer. Also one assistman. Both from Spain.
Giuseppe Rossi‘s officially back. His return last week didn’t go too well for Villareal, but Sunday’s game was a whole other matter. Indeed, Rossi’s first half goal from the spot spearheaded the Yellow Submarine‘s victory vs. Deportivo. Rossi came off in the 73rd minute, after a good performance.
Two other players worth mentioning this week: Gianluca Zambrotta (who finally got to play a full 90 minutes and provided the assist for Gudjohnsen’s game-winning goal vs. Murcia) and Christian Abbiati (it might be a coincidence, but since the Italian keeper has become a regular feature with Atletico Madrid, due to the Leo Franco’s injury, the Rojiblancos have lost only 1 game out of 9), authors of excellent performances this week-end.
To be noted that after Marco Storari, due to Levante’s inability to pay agreed wages Bruno Cirillo also left the Spanish club. He will be joining Reggina, the club where he grew as a player.
Also, Cristiano Lucarelli left Ukrainian side of Shakhtar Donetsk and has joined Parma over the Winter break, the motivation behind the move being that Lucarelli hopes to earn a ticket to Euro 2008 with Italy. The fact the Ukrainian club is out of the Champions League and will not resume its league until March, would have virtually shut the Azzurri doors for Lucarelli had he stayed in Kiev.
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