Mexicans In Europe 12/5-6/09

December 8th, 2009 | by: Andrea | Comments(1)

Not a very exciting week. Nery Castillo remains absent.

Spain

Rafael Marquez (FC Barcelona):

Marquez participated for all 90 minutes in the 2-0 win over Xerez. Over the weekend, the defender failed to make the list for the 3-1 win against Deportivo.

Jonathan Dos Santos (Barcelona Atlétic): Dos Santos earned all his minutes in the 2-1 win in Lleida.

Andres Guardado (Deportivo de La Coruña):

Deportivo lost 1-3 against Barcelona; he played 87 minutes.

Hugo Sanchez (coach, Almeria):

Almeria gave Real Madrid a scare, but ended up losing 4-2.

England

Carlos Vela (Arsenal FC):
Vela couldn’t add his magic to the Carling Cup game against Manchester City and was on the field as Arsenal crashed out 3-0. He played the second set of 45 minutes in the 2-0 game against Stoke City.

Giovani Dos Santos (Tottenham Hotspur):

Giovani is still recovering from injury.

Guillermo Franco (West Ham United):

Franco added another game to his total, but couldn’t do much as the Hammers lost 4-0 against Manchester United.

Germany:

Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart):

Osorio didn’t make it to the team sheet because of a thigh injury.

Italy:

Miguel Layun (Atalanta BC):

Layun wasn’t called on for the loss against Fiorentina.

Holland:

Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven):

Salcido played the entire match in PSV’s last minute victory against Sparta Prague int eh Europa League. He matched with the same minutes in the 2-0 win over RKC Waalwijk.

Francisco “Maza” Rodriguez (PSV Eindhoven):

Maza has become a frequent partner of Salcido in PSV’s backline, matching the defender with the same amount of minutes.

Hector Moreno (AZ Alkmaar):

Moreno played 45 minutes in the 2-1 loss to Vitesse.

Ukraine:

Nery Castillo (FC Dnipro):

He’s not injured, he just isn’t wanted.