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	Tottenh. (CUP)	(bench)	/	1-2
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@St. Mirren	90	/	1-0
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	Hamburg	90	/	1-1
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Getafe	90	/	0-1
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Ath. Bilbao	(injd.)	/	2-1
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	@Osasuna	90	/	1-3
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	Levante	90	/	5-1
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Zaragoza	90	/	5-0
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	Zaragoza	(bench)	/	5-0
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Recreativo	90	/	1-1
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	@Valencia	90	/	1-1
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	@Barcelona	(injd.)	/	1-5
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Metz	(injd.)	/	2-0
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Paris SG	90	/	1-1
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	Twente	15	/	0-0
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@FC Brussels	90	/	1-1
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	@FC Brussels	(injd.)	/	1-1
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	Thun	(bench)	/	3-0
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Luzern	87	/	1-2
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	Odra	N/A	/	4-3
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	Odra	N/A	/	4-3
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	SEASON OVER	/	/	/

 

Heroes of the week

Boo. No goalscorers, no assist-men, no nothing this week. So this time, we’ll talk about someone other than Giuseppe Rossi and Luca Toni for once. Like goalkeepers.

Let’s start with Spain. Recreativo de Huelva’s not doing so good in La Liga standings, but this week-end the 17^th-ranked team managed to obtain a valuable point away to Valencia, thanks in particular to the super saves of their nº1 man Stefano Sorrentino. Can the ex-Torino and AEK Athens man keep his team away from the relegation zone?

On to France, where Flavio Roma‘s week-end wasn’t all that great, but could have been a lot worse: AS Monaco obtained a good away draw to Paris Saint-Germain (with on-loan Juve midfielder Sergio Almiron scoring the tying goal for les monégasques). Nº1 (nº30 actually) and team captain Flavio could do little on Amara Diané’s lead, but his springing reflexes denied Mario Yepes’s header, thus preserving the final 1-1 scoreline.

Finally, on to Switzerland where Andrea Guatelli had a rocky afternoon on Sunday. With starting keeper Johnny Leoni being sent off in the 3^rd minute, FC Zürich had no choice but to insert the ex-Pompey keeper vs. Luzern. Guatelli immediately cost his team a goal by failing a save on Lustrinelli, then (through no fault of his own this time) conceded another goal in the second half. Zürich then brought one back with Djuric, and Guatelli’s subsequent saves kept his team’s hopes alive. In the end however, the match ended 2-1 for Luzern.

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