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	@Everton	(injd.)	/	1-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	Aberdeen	90	/	1-0
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	Dortm. (CUP)	120	2 goals	2-1
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Racing	90	/	2-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Valladolid	63	/	2-0
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Betis	(bench)	/	1-3
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	Espanyol	90	/	0-0
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Almeria	(susp.)	/	1-4
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	Almeria	(bench)	/	1-4
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Ath. Bilbao	(N/A)	/	1-5
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	@Zaragoza	90	/	0-3
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	Getafe	(injd.)	/	3-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Strasbourg	90	1 goal	2-1
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Nice	90	/	2-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	Sparta	73	/	1-0
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@Westerlo	90	/	1-1
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	@Westerlo	90	/	1-1
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	@Luzern	(bench)	/	0-1
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Grasshop.	(bench)	/	1-1
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	Polonia B.	90	1 goal	2-4
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	@CSKA M.	(bench)	/	0-0

Heroes of the week

At last! We finally have more than one player featuring the “heroes of the week” section, after a long while. Of course, no surprises with the presence of Mr. Toni, but others like Mr. Grosso or Mr. Napoleoni aren’t quite as common. Here goes.

Mr. German-goalmachine just never seems to stop. Four doubles in less than 10 days, 35 goals with Bayern Munich this season (only 5 goals away from Gerd Müller’s 1972 record) and two capitals tallies in the Dfb Pokal (German Cup) final vs. Borussia Dortmund (including the extra-time match-winning goal). Any additional comment is pretty much superfluous about Luca Toni.

Moving over to France, it’s rematch time for Fabio Grosso. Often criticized by the French Sports media, the Azzurri left-back has been having a tough time at Lyon since his move from Inter, but the ex-Palermo player has really picked it up lately. With the team closely followed by Bordeaux in Ligue 1 standings, it was capital for the title holders to keep winning, and they have Fabio to thank for it. Indeed, a Grosso header (not exactly his specialty) provided the match-winning goal vs. Strasbourg last week-end, thus keeping Lyon at +4 distance on their 2^nd-ranked rivals.

Finally, over to Poland where a rather lucky/unlucky Stefano Napoleoni will most likely soon be done with his Widzew Lodz adventure. Indeed, despite the Italian striker’s recent excellent run of form, his goals will prove insufficient to keep the Polish team in top flight next year. Because of a corruption scandal, Widzew will automatically be relegated to the second division at the end of year, but should they finish in the relegation zone this season, they will actually be forced to play in the third division! I doubt Napoleoni will want to stick around under those circumstances…