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Our weekly Italian Players Around the World segment is back!!

Inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues (top divisions only). There are currently 31 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 18 of them stepped on the field this week-end.

The table below includes the team of the player, their opponents for this week, the time in minutes they played, their match contribution in goal(s) or assist(s), and the final score of the game.
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ENGLAND
Player	Team	Opp.	Time	Contrib.	Score
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	@Middlesbrough	90	/	5-0
David Di Michele	West Ham	@Hull City	18	/	0-1
Andrea Dossena	Liverpool	Wigan	78	/	3-2
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Inverness	/	/	2-1
Manuel Pascali	Kilmarnock	Motherwell	90	/	1-0
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GERMANY
Andrea Barzagli	Wolfsburg	@Schalke	90	/	4-1
Cristian Zaccardo	Wolfsburg	@Schalke	(injd.)	/	4-1
Massimo Oddo	Bayern M.	@Karlsruhe	90	1 AST	1-0
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	@Karlsruhe	40	/	1-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Atl. Madrid	90	/	2-1
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Almeria	68	/	1-0
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Numancia	90	/	4-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Espanyol	73	/	0-0
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Lille	90	1 GOAL	2-2
Elia Legati	Monaco	Nice	/	/	1-2
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Nice	(bench)	/	1-2
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@De Graafsch.	90	/	2-0
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BELGIUM
Francesco Migliore	Mons	@Standard	/	/	1-2
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@Standard	90	/	1-2
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SWITZERLAND
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Schaff. (CUP)	90	/	1-0
Davide Belotti	Bellinzona	@Zofing. (CUP)	(injd.)	/	3-2
Lorenzo Bucchi	Bellinzona	@Zofing. (CUP)	90	/	3-2
Paolo Carbone	Bellinzona	@Zofing. (CUP)	(injd.)	/	3-2
Andrea Conti	Bellinzona	@Zofing. (CUP)	/	/	3-2
Alessio Ferrazza	Bellinzona	@Zofing. (CUP)	/	/	3-2
Matteo Gritti	Bellinzona	@Zofing. (CUP)	(bench)	/	3-2
Iacopo La Rocca	Bellinzona	@Zofing. (CUP)	90	/	3-2
Giuseppe Miccolis	Bellinzona	@Zofing. (CUP)	(bench)	/	3-2
Angelo Raso	Bellinzona	@Zofing. (CUP)	/	/	3-2
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TURKEY
Morgan De Sanctis	Galatasaray	Trabzonspor	90	/	3-0
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	Khimki	(bench)	/	0-2

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Heroes of the week

In a week where the Rossis blank out against Espanyol, the Tonis get injured against Karlsruhe, and the Marescas do their usual useful work (but not much more), wing-backs get full attention.

Let’s start in Germany, where Massimo Oddo has slowly been conquering a starter spot in that Bayern right-back position. It kinda helps that the club’s recent performances have been, well… terrible (which kinda forced Klismann to re-evaluate his entire roster). However, the ex-Lazio and Milan player been dishing out consistent quality lately, and was actually the assist-provider for Klose’s game-winning-goal this week-end against Karlsruhe. A vital win for the German giants, who can stick the head out of the water and take a breather.

Now let’s move over to France, where a certain 2006 World Cup hero has been sitting off on the sidelines for quite some time now. Well, Fabio Grosso couldn’t have picked a better time to return from his injury, because he provided a vital equalizing goal for Lyon as they hosted Lille in a tough Saturday encounter. It was a pretty nice goal too: a lovely left-footed volley on a Juninho Pernambucano corner-kick, not too powerful but precise in execution. Vive l’Italie!

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