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	@Wigan (Cup)	(bench)	/	1-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Falkirk	90	/	1-0
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	NEXT ROUND	IN	FEBR.	/
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Villareal	90	/	3-2
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Real Madrid	73	1 goal	2-3
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	@Mallorca	90	/	0-1
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	@Ath. Bilbao	90	/	1-1
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Osasuna	15	/	2-1
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	Osasuna	90	/	2-1
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Almería	90	/	0-1
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Getafe	90	/	1-3
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	@Murcia	(injd.)	/	3-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@St. Etienne	90	/	1-1
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Le Mans	90	/	0-1
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@Willem II	90	/	0-3
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@Mechelen	90	/	0-2
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	@Mechelen	N/A	/	0-2
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	SEASON OVER	/	/	/
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	SEASON OVER	/	/	/
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	IN	FEBR.	/
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	IN	FEBR.	/
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	SEASON OVER	/	/	/

Heroes of the week

This week only one goalscorer, do I even need to introduce him? Week in week out he keeps doing something positive…

After the goal vs. Deportivo two weeks ago, the assist for Nihat against Valencia last week, Giuseppe Rossi went on the scoreboard yet again in the super-match vs. Real Madrid, and what a goal that was! A powerful left-footed shot from the edge of the box that left no chance to recent “uefa.com Best keeper of 2007″ winner Iker Casillas. Such a nice goal in fact that I can’t resist showing it to you here. Nevertheless, Rossi’s Italian duel with Fabio Cannavaro turned to the advantage of the latter, because despite the goal by the New Jersey native the Merengues went on to win the match 3-2.

Note that after a lot hopes & dreams in the EPL (followed by a lot of bench time), Rolando Bianchi has left Manchester City and returned to Serie A (Lazio). Perhaps the Biancocelesti will have more faith in the 24-year old striker than Sven-Goran Eriksson did these past few months (then again, Bianchi’s adventure in the Roman capital didn’t start off too well, because the now ex-Citizen got sent off for a double yellow, just 5 minutes into his first Lazio match vs. Torino this week-end).

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