Chelsea F.C. — Best pictures!

As Chelsea conceded the 2nd defeat in their last 3 games to fiercely competitive Aston Villa, most of the leading Blues saw their FTBL rankings take a battering.

Inter Milan’s Brazil international Julio Cesar (pictured) kept a clean slate as the Nerrazzuri surprisingly trashed 5-placed Genoa 5:0 in front of their home crowd in Serie A action yesterday to take the 3rd spot in the FTBL world ranking of goalkeepers

Two Chelsea teammates, Michael Ballack (pictured right) and Yuri Zhirkov, will cross swords as Germany and Russia battle each other for a World Cup 2010 berth next Saturday.

Russian international and Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Igor Semshov (pictured left) believes Chelsea’s Germany skipper Michael Ballack should be given particular attention as Russia prepare to host the Germans in their World Cup 2010 qualifier this

Something of a sensational has happened in the English Premier League, where Everton’s US goalkeeper Tim Howard has surged in the FTBL ranking to capture the 3rd spot. Howard pulled the feat despite the fact that Everton were held to a 1:1 draw at Goodison