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 12 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	H.sfield (CUP)	90	/	3-1
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	Hearts	77	/	3-0
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	@Hannover	90	3 goals	3-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Betis	90	/	1-2
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Racing	90	/	0-0
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Ath. Bilbao	90	/	1-2
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	@Zaragoza	(injd.)	/	2-1
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Espanyol	90	/	4-2
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Espanyol	(bench)	/	4-2
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Getafe	90	/	0-0
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Deportivo	90	/	3-2
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	Osasuna	(injd.)	/	2-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Le Mans	(bench)	/	0-1
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Bordeaux	90	/	0-6
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@Groningen	30	/	1-2
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Charleroi	90	/	0-0
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	Charleroi	N/A	/	0-0
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	@Sion	(bench)	/	2-1
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Basel	(stands)	/	1-1
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	FEBR	22	/
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	FEBR	22	/
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	SEASON OVER	/	/	/

 

Heroes of the week

Stars are shining very brightly over German soil this week, as a certain ex-Fiorentina player really brought down the house on Sunday.

Thieves may well have burglarized his Italian home in Modena recently, Luca Toni has lost nothing of his concentration or his goalscoring verve. In the match vs. Hannover this week-end, Bayern Munich took their time to warm up but then really went to work on their opponents, producing three goals in the second half courtesy of the Italian giant. Yessir, a hat-trick for Luca, and the goals could have been a lot more had it not been for Hannover’s keeper Robert Enke. Toni is now leading the Bundesliga scoring charts unopposed, with 13 goals.

As for Giuseppe Rossi, his non-scoring streak extends to two games this week. That’s not so bad mind you, but it’s especially unlucky because the ex-Manchester United striker had the chance to put Villareal ahead this week-end, but his spot-kick effort from 12 yards was blasted wide. The Yellow Submarine tied 0-0.

Fabio Cannavaro didn’t have a very happy week-end either. Real Madrid started well against Betis taking the early lead, but then the Merengues’ defence went to sleep, and within a 5-minute span allowed two goals to lose the game 2-1.

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