Real Madrid’s Brazil superstar Kaká (pictured) slumped to the bottom of the top 8 midfielders in the world on the FTBL ranking after Brazil’s 1:2 loss to Bolivia last Sunday.

To avoid exiting the top chart, Kaká will need to perform better when Brazil host Venezuela today, despite the fact that the five-time world champions have no particular motivation, having already secured a berth to the World Cup finals in South Africa.

The Madrid midfielder will have a modest plank of 9,4 rating points to beat, which means all he needs to do to boost his rating is play the entire match and make sure Brazil win. If Kaká spends less than 90 minutes on the pitch, his current FTBL rating of 127.3 points could suffer: Kaká is in danger of being overtaken by teammate Xabi Alonso, who has an FTBL rating of 126.85 points the moment. Olympique Lyon’s Cameroon international Jean Makoun lurks behind with 123.4 points, as well as Bayern Munich’s Mark van Bommel (120.3 points).