First All-Foreign Premier League starting XI - Chelsea 1999

In Boxing Day 1999, Chelsea fielded the first starting 11 without a single British player in any Premier League football game. Can you guess the origin countries of those 11 football players, and the foreign manager who fielded them?
The rival was Southampton
Chelsea won 2-1
The same year was also the last time a team fielded 11 all-English starting XI (Aston Villa)
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Position
Player
Nationality
GK
Ed de Goey
Netherlands
DF
Albert Ferrer
Spain
DF
Celestine Babayaro
Nigeria
DF
Emerson Thome
Brazil
DF
Frank Leboeuf
France
MF
Dan Petrescu
Romania
MF
Didier Deschamps
France
MF
Gus Poyet
Uruguay
MF
Roberto Di Matteo
Italy
FW
Gabrielle Ambrosetti
Italy
FW
Tore Andre Flo
Norway
Manager
Gianluca Vialli
Italy
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