FC Barcelona — Best pictures!

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi bagged a hat-trick as Barcelona trounced No.17 Tenerife 5:0 to return to the top of the table in La Liga yesterday. Messi, who is the top-ranked player in the world in the FTBL ranking at the moment, added a whooping 48.85

Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta (pictured) has dropped one rank in the FTBL world ranking of midfielders after Spain’s game against Russia in the EURO 2008 dropped from the list of games played by the Spain international in the last 6 months. In Spain’s 3:0

Whereas Barcelona’s Argentine prodigy Lionel Messi has been crowned best midfielder in the world for 2009 in the FTBL ranking, Xavi, another Catalan among so many others this year, currently tops our ranking of European midfielders.

We predict with near-certainty Barcelona’s Victor Valdes to end 2009 as the world’s No.1 goalkeeper with an overall score of 137.93 points in our ranking.

Barcelona’s Brazilian star Dani Alves (pictured) is the #1 defender in the world at the moment in the FTBL ranking with a tally of 143.29 points. He has a good chance of ending the year at the top.