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The French won game 1 of their World Cup playoff against Ireland with the narrowest of margins (1:0), but that helped the FTBL scores of defenders, particularly Arsenal’sBakari Sagna (pictured right), who added more than 15 rating points.

Despite a game in half-tones against Slovenia yesterday in his own admission, Russia skipper and Arsenal forward Andrei Arshavin (pictured in the center) still managed to slightly improve his overall FTBL score thanks to Russia’s overall victory.

As France netted a laborious but crucial 1:0 away win over Ireland in the fist game of their World Cup 2010 playoff yesterday, Olympique Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (pictured) earned a whopping 18.15 rating points in the FTBL system to break into the

Arsenal’s Russian International Andrei Arshavin (pictured) will probably be the focus of the attention of local fans when the Russians take on Slovenia Saturday in the first of two games for a berth to the next World Cup in South Africa. Arshavin, who

There are currently no Frenchmen in the FTBL World Top 23 of defenders, and Arsenal’s France international William Gallas (104.11 points) is ready for a return into that elite list.