VIDEO: Fiorentina's Giuseppe Rossi scores 1st goal in 17 months
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Giuseppe Rossi's goal to cement Fiorentina's 4-0 triumph over Belenenses was more than 500 days in the making.
The oft-injured midfielder scored the final goal of the fixture in the dying minutes of Fiorentina's Europa League game to record his first tally since May 2014.
He is back! @GiuseppeRossi22's first goal in 501 days!!! Vai Pepito!!! pic.twitter.com/qfv6C5UaHm
— GazzettaWorld (@GazzettaWorld) October 1, 2015
The goal follows a dreadful bout with various knee injuries that forced the Italian international to miss out on the 2014 World Cup, along with the entire 2014-15 Serie A campaign.
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