Barcelona’s Gerard Piqué (pictured left) and Villarreal’s Capdevilla were impressive as Spain crushed Belgium 5:0 in their World Cup 2010 qualifier on Saturday, and both were rewarded with improved positions in the FTBL rankings.

For playing the entire game, Piqué and Capdevilla earned 10 and 20 rating points, respectively, in our system, to boost their overall FTBL ratings to 111.93 and 115.78 points, respectively.

Capdevilla has now claimed Piqué’s 3rd spot in the FTBL ranking of defenders in La Liga, pushing the Barcelona man down one position. In the FTBL World Ranking of defenders, Cpadevilla now ranks 7th and has a good opportunity to claim the 6th spot in his next game.

Piqué is also likely to move up the world ranking, since he is guaranteed a bonus of 3 rating points in his next appearance.