Italian Players Around the World (20/10)

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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 31 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 18 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 @Middlesbrough
90
/
5-0
David Di Michele West Ham @Hull City
18
/
0-1
Andrea Dossena Liverpool Wigan
78
/
3-2
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati Celtic @Inverness
/
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2-1
Manuel Pascali Kilmarnock Motherwell
90
/
1-0
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GERMANY
Andrea Barzagli Wolfsburg @Schalke
90
/
4-1
Cristian Zaccardo Wolfsburg @Schalke
(injd.)
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4-1
Massimo Oddo Bayern M. @Karlsruhe
90
1 AST
1-0
Luca Toni Bayern M. @Karlsruhe
40
/
1-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid Atl. Madrid
90
/
2-1
Enzo Maresca Sevilla @Almeria
68
/
1-0
Emiliano Moretti Valencia Numancia
90
/
4-0
Giuseppe Rossi Villareal @Espanyol
73
/
0-0
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso Lyon Lille
90
1 GOAL
2-2
Elia Legati Monaco Nice
/
/
1-2
Flavio Roma Monaco Nice
(bench)
/
1-2
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè AZ Alkmaar @De Graafsch.
90
/
2-0
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BELGIUM
Francesco Migliore Mons @Standard
/
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1-2
Roberto Mirri Mons @Standard
90
/
1-2
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SWITZERLAND
Andrea Guatelli FC Zürich @Schaff. (CUP)
90
/
1-0
Davide Belotti Bellinzona @Zofing. (CUP)
(injd.)
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3-2
Lorenzo Bucchi Bellinzona @Zofing. (CUP)
90
/
3-2
Paolo Carbone Bellinzona @Zofing. (CUP)
(injd.)
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3-2
Andrea Conti Bellinzona @Zofing. (CUP)
/
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3-2
Alessio Ferrazza Bellinzona @Zofing. (CUP)
/
/
3-2
Matteo Gritti Bellinzona @Zofing. (CUP)
(bench)
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3-2
Iacopo La Rocca Bellinzona @Zofing. (CUP)
90
/
3-2
Giuseppe Miccolis Bellinzona @Zofing. (CUP)
(bench)
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3-2
Angelo Raso Bellinzona @Zofing. (CUP)
/
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3-2
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TURKEY
Morgan De Sanctis Galatasaray Trabzonspor
90
/
3-0
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli Lok. Moscow Khimki
(bench)
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0-2

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Heroes of the week

In a week where the Rossis blank out against Espanyol, the Tonis get injured against Karlsruhe, and the Marescas do their usual useful work (but not much more), wing-backs get full attention.

Massimo Oddo, age 32Let’s start in Germany, where Massimo Oddo has slowly been conquering a starter spot in that Bayern right-back position. It kinda helps that the club’s recent performances have been, well… terrible (which kinda forced Klismann to re-evaluate his entire roster). However, the ex-Lazio and Milan player been dishing out consistent quality lately, and was actually the assist-provider for Klose’s game-winning-goal this week-end against Karlsruhe. A vital win for the German giants, who can stick the head out of the water and take a breather.

Fabio Grosso, age 30Now let’s move over to France, where a certain 2006 World Cup hero has been sitting off on the sidelines for quite some time now. Well, Fabio Grosso couldn’t have picked a better time to return from his injury, because he provided a vital equalizing goal for Lyon as they hosted Lille in a tough Saturday encounter. It was a pretty nice goal too: a lovely left-footed volley on a Juninho Pernambucano corner-kick, not too powerful but precise in execution. Vive l’Italie!

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