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 11 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	Man Utd	(bench)	/	2-1
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	Rangers	(bench)	/	3-2
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	Stuttgar	90	1 goal	4-1
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Ath. Bilbao	(susp.)	/	3-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Betis	86	/	1-0
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	@Getafe	(bench)	/	1-1
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	@Deportivo	68	/	0-2
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Murcia	13	/	0-0
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Murcia	(bench)	/	0-0
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Osasuna	(injd.)	/	3-0
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Levante	90	/	2-0
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	@Recreativo	(injd.)	/	0-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Caen	45	1 assist	2-2
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Marseille	90	/	2-3
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	/	SEASON	OVER	/
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	GBA	90	/	0-0
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	GBA	90	/	0-0
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	@Thun	(bench)	/	1-1
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Luzern	(bench)	/	1-0
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	@Grodzisk	30	/	0-3
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	S.Nalchik	(bench)	/	0-0

 

Heroes of the week

Oh look! Mr. Toni here, what else is new? Well, Mr. Grosso went from glory to shame in less than a week, that’s what. Uncool…

“Only” one goal for Luca Toni this time. Yeah that’s right, his April average drops: we’ve been so used to Italian Bayern doubles lately that scoring one appears sorta appears like a “downgrade”, doesn’t it? That’s nº21 in the Bundesliga for the ex-Fiorentina striker, and needless to say he’s topping the goalscoring charts (2nd-ranked Mario Gomez is trailing by 6).

As for Fabio Grosso, after his goalscoring performance vs. Strasbourg last week, bad stuff from the Lyon winger this week-end. Everything started well though: one assist for Karim Benzema, and Lyon up by one in the 34^th. Shortly after however, some mistakes by the home team’s defense (Grosso included) led to the equalizer by Juan Eduardo Eluchans and 1-2 goal by Lilian Compan, and our favorite World Cup 2006 hero even got a yellow card in the process. Then during the half-time break, a slap on Yoan Gouffran (who had grabbed Grosso by the shoulder) was caught by the referee and resulted in a direct red for the Italian.

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