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Barcelona’s Malian international Seydou Keita rose to the top in the FTBL ranking of African midfielders as the seemingly unstoppable Catalans downed Malaga 2:0 before their home crowd on Saturday.

Olympique Marseille’s Senegal international Mamadou Niang (pictured) captured the 2nd spot in the FTBL ranking of Ligue 1 strikers when he contributed a goal in his side’s 4:2 home win over Montpellier last weekend.

Argentina coach Diego Maradona is probably misguided when he stubbornly continues to leave out of his squad Olympique Lyon’s striker Lisandro Lopez, even as the FTBL Rating clearly shows that he is the best Argentine forward at the moment.

Olympique Lyon’s Brazilian Michel Bastos (pictured left) captured the lead in the FTBL ranking of Ligue 1 midfielders after helping the seven-time French champions to a narrow 1:0 win over FC Lorient with the only goal.

Chelsea’s African players had a big weekend in World Cup 2010 qualifiers, with Michael Essien (pictured right) scoring the second goal in Ghana’s 2:0 win over Sudan to earn 17.55 rating points in the FTBL system and consolidate his 2nd position in our