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 13 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	@West Ham	(bench)	/	4-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Hibernian	82	/	2-0
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	@Schalke	90	/	1-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Recreativo	74	/	3-2
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Osasuna	(injd.)	/	0-0
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Barcelona	90	/	4-2
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	@Atl. Madrid	90	/	2-4
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Deportivo	72	/	1-2
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Deportivo	(bench)	/	1-2
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Espanyol	90	/	0-2
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Real Madrid	90	/	2-3
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	Zaragoza	(injd.)	/	0-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Lille	(injd.)	/	1-0
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Valenciennes	90	/	0-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@Roda	90	/	1-1
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Dender	67	/	2-2
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	Dender	(injd.)	/	2-2
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	Luzern	(bench)	/	2-1
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Grasshoppers	90	/	1-1
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	Wisla Krakow	45	/	0-1
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	Wisla Krakow	N/A	/	0-1
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	SEASON OVER	/	/	/

 

Heroes of the week

Once again this week, no goalscorers & no assist-men: how to fill our ‘heroes of the week’ segment? How about the Italian ‘derby’ between Abbiati (Atletico Madrid) and Zambrotta (Barcelona)? Sounds good right?

And good it was, for Abbiati in particular (not so much for Zambrotta). Los Rojiblancos had a tough one this week, facing off against 2nd-ranked FC Barcelona. However, we all know how the atmosphere at Vicente Calderón can get, and that surely gave them a big boost. The biggest boost however was probably the one provided by Christian Abbiati and his saves vs. Eto’o and Iniesta. As for Gianluca Zambrotta, well…  he managed to get a nice shot on target (saved by Abbiati), but overall (and much like the entire Barcelona backline) he suffered the energy and pace of Sergio ‘El Kun’ Agüero.

A small mention should also go to Fabio Cannavaro, protagonist of the week-end in a rather particular way. In the match vs. Recreativo de Huelva (featuring Stefano Sorrentino as well by the way) Real Madrid was held to a 1-1 tie when coach Schuster decided to give his offense a little boost: off came Cannavaro, on came Robinho. On the first ball touched by the Brazilian Los Merengues pulled ahead 2-1, and later in the game increased their lead to 3-1 (thanks to another goal by Robinho). The match ended 3-2 for Real Madrid, with Recreativo pulling one back in stoppage time. Talk about being decisive, huh Fabio?

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