Bordeaux — Best pictures!

Lyon forward Karim Benzema (pictured right) earned a deserved 22.70 rating points when his side humbled title-chaser Marseille this weekend. The France international now has a tally of 143.18 points.

Bordeaux’s midfielder Yoann Gourcuff is now basking in the company of such stars as Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in the FTBL rating of world best midfielders. The young France international scored in his side’s 3:2 home win against Le Mans and earned

AC Milan's Brazilian playmaker Kaka will face Udinese’s Gaetano D’Agostino in the background as the two sides meet in Serie A action today: one of the two could be back in our FTBL Top 23 after the game.

Marseille’s left-back and Nigeria international Taye Taiwo has grabbed the lead in our FTBL rating of best defenders of the French Ligue 1 from Bordeaux’s Senegalese defender Souleymane Diawara in addition to that of African players.

Marseille’s Senegalese forward Mamadou Niang has snatched the top spot from Bordeaux’s Marouane Chamakh in our FTBL rating of best forwards in the French Ligue 1 after scoring one of the goals in his side’s 2:0 win at Nice yesterday.