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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 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

Fiorentina’s Alberto Gilardino (pictured) further extended his lead in the FTBL ranking of Serie A strikers over rival Samuel Eto’o of Inter Milan as he scored one of the goals in the Italians’ 4:3 away win over Hungarian side Debreceni VSC in their Champions

Fiorentina’s talented Romanian forward Adrian Mutu reminded those who have forgotten about him that he remains a force to be counted with as he scored two of the Italians’ 4 goals in their Champions League group stage game against Hungarian side Debreceni