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Fiorentina’s Peru international Juan Manuel Vargas (pictured right) scored the only goal as the Italians yesterday narrowly defeated Olympique Lyon at home to all but qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League, further consolidating his lead

Fiorentina’s 1:0 win over Olympique Lyon at home allowed Italy international Alberto Gilardino to capture a spot in the FTBL World Top 23, our list of the world’s top 23 players, with a score of 176.64 points, but staying in the elite group would be wrenchingly

Fiorentina forward and Italy international Alberto Gilardino (pictured) took the No 1 spot in the FTBL ranking of Italian players after this week’s Champions League group stage games with a tally of 160.21 points.

It is not often that we talk in effusive terms about a player who is well past 29 years of age. But that is precisely the case with Fiorentina midfielder Marco Marchionni, who has been simply stellar in the last month or so, scoring 4 goals in 3 games

The top spot in the FTBL ranking of Italian defenders went from Juventus' Fabio Cannavaro (pictured right) to teammate Giorgio Chiellini (pictured left) after the Old Lady of Turin netted a narrow 1:0 win over Haifa Maccabi yesterday in their Champions