Continuing my weekly article inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian players operating in foreign European leagues.

Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 24 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 18 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	@Fulham	10	/	3-3
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	@Man Utd	(bench)	/	0-1
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Hibernian	89	/	2-3
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	@Karlsruher	67	1 goal	4-1
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Valladolid	90	/	1-1
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Murcia	31	2 goals	2-0
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Santander	(bench)	/	4-0
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	Sevilla	90	/	2-1
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Barcelona	(stands)	/	1-2
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Barcelona	(bench)	/	1-2
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Betis	90	/	2-1
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Espanyol	90	/	2-1
Marco Storari	Levante	Ath. Bilbao	90	/	1-2
Bruno Cirillo	Levante	Ath. Bilbao	90	/	1-2
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	Ath. Bilbao	(bench)	/	1-2
Christian Riganò	Levante	Ath. Bilbao	90	1 goal	1-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Lille	90	/	1-1
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Valencien.	90	/	0-1
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	Ajax	90	/	2-3
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Dender	90	/	3-0
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	FC Aarau	90	/	1-1
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Grasshoppers	(bench)	/	4-0
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UKRAINE
Cristiano Lucarelli	Shakhtar D.	Dnipro D’petr.	45	/	4-1
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	Spartak Mosc.	90	/	4-3

Heroes of the week

This week, the best performances come from Germany and Spain.

Luca Toni scored his 4^th goal in 5 matches for Bayern, and this week it was quite a gem: a delightful left-footed chipped shot over the opposing keeper, following a difficult aerial control of the ball from a high pass. Magical stuff, check the video here.

Meanwhile, Giuseppe Rossi entered the match vs. Murcia as a substitute, and within a 5-minute period produced a key double for his Villareal team, bringing the Yellow Submarines to the 2^nd spot in the Liga rankings, and the Italian youngster to a total of 3 goals.

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