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Valencia’s otherwise prolific striker and Spain international David Villa saw a perfect chance to top the FTBL Top 23 for Europe slip away as Spain were wrong-footed yesterday by a surprisingly inspired U.S. football team and sent crashing out of the

Valencia star forward and Spain international David Villa (pictured right), who is being insistently linked to a move to big spender Real Madrid, has grabbed the 3rd place in the FTBL Top 23 of the world's best forwards after another goal, this time against

Inter Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pictured), who scored a goal in his side’s 3:0 win over Sienna in Serie A action yesterday, finally entered the FTBL European Top 23 after earning 23 rating points to take his tally to 171.98 points over all.

Atletico Madrid will host Valencia on Sunday with their eyes firmly set on a place to next season’s Champions League, while strikers David Villa and Sergio Aguero will throw in a battle for rating points.

Barcelona will travel to Valencia for one of the central matches in La Liga this weekend. The two sides could not have more diverging goals: while the Catalans are dreaming of a Liga title after a long pause, Valencia are in a ruthless fight for a spot