Archive for November 26th, 2007

Italian Players Around the World (25/11)

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Continuing my weekly article inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues.

Damiano Tommasi, age 33<

Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 27 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 15 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
Rolando Bianchi Man City Reading
(injd.)
/
2-1
Carlo Cudicini Chelsea @Derby
90
/
0-2
.
SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati Celtic Falkirk
82
/
3-0 
.
GERMANY
Luca Toni Bayern M. Wolfsburg
90
/
2-1
.
SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid @Murcia
90
/
1-1
Giuseppe Rossi Villareal Almeria
(injd.)
/
1-1
Christian Abbiati Atl. Madrid Valladolid
(stands)
/
4-3
Gianluca Zambrotta Barcelona Recreativo
64
/
3-0
Enzo Maresca Sevilla Mallorca
(injd.)
/
1-2
Morgan De Sanctis Sevilla Mallorca
(bench)
/
1-2
Emiliano Moretti Valencia @Santander
(injd)
/
0-1
Stefano Sorrentino Recreativo @Barcelona
90
/
0-3
Marco Storari Levante Betis
90
/
4-3
Bruno Cirillo Levante Betis
90
/
4-3
Damiano Tommasi Levante Betis
84
1 goal
4-3
Christian Riganò Levante Betis
(susp.)
/
4-3
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso Lyon @Rennes
90
/
2-0
Flavio Roma Monaco @Toulouse
90
/
0-0
.
HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè AZ Alkmaar Willem II
(bench)
/
2-0
.
BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri Mons Wetteren
120
1 goal
2-2
.
SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti St. Gallen (eliminated)
/
/
CUP
Andrea Guatelli FC Zürich Kriens
(bench)
/
3-0
.
POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni Widzew Łódź @Gornik
(injd.)
/
1-1
Joseph Oshadogan Widzew Łódź @Gornik
90
1 goal
1-1
Roberto Cantoro Wisła Kraków @Z.Sosnowiec
90
/
3-1
.
UKRAINE
Cristiano Lucarelli Shakhtar D. Naftovik
60
/
1-1
.
RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli Lok. Moscow /
/
/
PAUSE

Heroes of the week

Damiano Tommasi is back with a vengeance, just like the entire Levante team. Los Granotes are having a tough season in La Liga so far, but they managed to earn 3 points today thanks in particular to Tommasi’s efforts and the goal the ex-Roma midfielder scored in the 1st half.

Other players deserving kudos this week include Roberto Mirri (the Mons captain played 120 minutes and scored a vital goal in the 2-2 cup draw against Wetteren, won on penalties by Mons) as well as Joseph Oshadogan, the ex-Reggina defender of Tanzanian descent who is now playing for Widzew Łódź in Poland.

Polish Football Association (PZPN)Which by the way brings me to the addition of a new European league in our “Italian Players Around the World” weekly article: Poland. In addition of Oshadogan, we’ll be bringing you updates on the performances of Stefano Napoleoni (Widzew Łódź) and Roberto Cantoro (Wisła Kraków).

Serie A Matchday 13 – Week-end review

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Serie AHere are the results and summaries for matchday 13. Full video highlights here.

As usual, the GOALS of the WEEK: there were some nice goals scored this week-end (such as David Trezeguet’s lovely bicycle kick vs. Palermo or Marcelo Zalayeta’s gems vs. Catania). However, this week I’ve picked set pieces: two lovely free-kick deliveries that left no chance to the opposing goalkeeper, and who better to feature in such a spotlight than Serie A’s top marskmen of the free-kick art, Alessandro Del Piero and Andrea Pirlo. Enjoy!

Del Piero’s inswinging 25m shot over the wall inside the right postPirlo’s 30m lofted kick fools the keeper with its unpredictable trajectory

Serie A – day 13
Genoa – Roma
0 – 1
Inter – Atalanta
2 - 1
Cagliari – Milan
1 - 2
Empoli – Torino
0 - 0
Lazio – Parma
1 - 0
Livorno – Sampdoria
3 – 1
Napoli – Catania
2 – 0
Reggina – Fiorentina
0 - 0
Udinese – Siena
2 – 0
Juventus – Palermo
5 - 0