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	Middlesbrough	90	/	1-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Rangers	(bench)	/	0-1
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	@Nürnberg	90	/	1-1
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Sevilla	90	/	3-1
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Atl. Madrid	90	2 assists	3-0
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	@Sevilla	90	/	2-1
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	@Betis	90	/	2-3
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Real Madrid	(susp.)	/	1-3
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Real Madrid	(bench)	/	1-3
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Mallorca	90	/	0-3
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Ath. Bilbao	90	/	1-1
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	@Almeria	(injd.)	/	1-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Valenciennes	(bench)	/	2-1
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Rennes	90	/	1-2
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	Vitesse	90	/	2-1
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Gent	90	/	4-0
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	Gent	(injd.)	/	4-0
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	Grasshoppers	(bench)	/	0-2
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Xamax	(bench)	/	2-1
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	@Cracovia	90	/	0-1
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	@Cracovia	(N/A)	/	0-1
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	Krylya Sovetov	(stands)	/	2-0

 

Heroes of the week

Once again this week, not many protagonists. Mr. Toni kept quiet in Germany, all the while Bayern couldn’t do better than a draw vs. Nürnberg, so the spotlight shifted to Spain, where a certain Mr. Rossi has been doing pretty good lately. Again…

When not a scorer, he turns provider. Giuseppe Rossi is flying high in La Liga sky this week, as Villareal run over Cristian Abbiati’s Atletico Madrid. 3-0 the final score at Estadio El Madrigal, with Giuseppe Rossi actively involved in all 3 goals and providing the assist for two of them (Cazorla’s opener and Nihat’s 2-0 tally). Currently still maturing in the U21 Azzurrini, one has to wonder if Rossi could turn out to be Donadoni’s wild card come Summer, in a surprise Euro 2008 last-minute call-up to the senior team.

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