As Barcelona prepare to take revenge for the shock defeat they suffered home at the hands of Russia’s Rubin Kazan in the Champions League, superstar striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pictured) stands a good chance of returning into the top tier of the FTBL World Top 23, our list of the world’s top 23 players.

The Sweden international is going into tonight’s game with a plank of just over 1 rating point to beat in the FTBL system. With an overall FTBL rating of 170.89 points at the moment, a win in Kazan for Barcelona (coupled with a scored goal) will bring Ibrahimovic closer to (or even carry him past) Real Madrid’s star Cristiano Ronaldo (205.03 points), the world’s #1 football player in the FTBL ranking at the moment.

Even a draw against the Russian champions still has the potential of carrying the Swede to the top of the elite; he trails #8 in the ranking Manchester United’s Dimitar Berbatov (178.46 points) by just 8 rating points.