Bordeaux — Best pictures!

The first 22 names in the FTBL ranking of French players all have scores above 100 points. Only Fiorentina goalkeeper Sebastien Frey, the No. 23, is below that threshold, at 96.52 points.

Lille’s Cote d’Ivoire forward Gervinho beat the daunting plank of 37.6 rating points he faced in the Ligue 1 game against Nancy yesterday with a lot of style: 2 goals and a 4:0 away win.

French Ligue 1 leaders Bordeaux will play their last game of the year at Toulouse on Wednesday, and it will be interesting to watch in which direction Brazilian midfielder Fernando’s FTBL score head.

Yoann Gourcuff’s 77th minute goal made it 4:1 for leaders Bordeaux against FC Lorient. The France international returned to the top of the FTBL ranking of French midfielders and is perfectly positioned to remain at the top at least until the New Year.

As we predicted just yesterday, Bordeaux’s Cedric Carrasso (left) has extended his run of “clean” games to five, dramatically increasing his FTBL score to join teammate Alou Diarra in the World Top 23, our list of the world’s top 23 players.