Valencia — Best pictures!

Valencia striker David Villa and his Liverpool colleague Fernando Torres yesterday paired in the Spain squad to inflict misery on Belgium in their World Cup 2010 qualifier (5:0) and improve their fortunes in the FTBL World Ranking of strikers.

Liverpool’s Spain international Fernando Torres (162.48 points), on national duty with Spain this weekend and beyond in World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Belgium and Estonia, will have a plank of just 7.44 rating points to beat in order to re-claim a

Chelsea’s midfielder and England international Frank Lampard became the highest rated player in the FTBL system with 205.71 points after the Blues 3:0 win over newly promoted Burnley, as other highly rated players all dropped rating points.

Manchester United’s England international Wayne Rooney (pictured far left) captured the number one spot in the FTBL World Ranking of forwards with a tally of 203.51 as former leader Edin Dzeko of Wolfsburg crashed at Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga (0:3),

Valencia star striker David Villa will face a daunting plank of 30 rating points to beat if he is included in the starting lineup when the Spanish side take on Stabaek in their Europa League second-leg encounter tonight. But chances are Villa will be