Fiorentina — Best pictures!

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

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

Fiorentina’s Alessandro Gamberini (pictured right) rose through the ranks to capture the 2nd spot in the FTBL ranking of Italian defenders as the Italians labored hard in front of their home crowd to defeat modest Cyprus (3:2) in last Wednesday’s World