FC Barcelona — Best pictures!

Atletico Madrid 2 Barcelona 1. Blaugrana's genius Lionel Messi loses 49,87 points of FTBL Rating after defeat in Madrid. Nevertheless, he keeps the 1st place in the world chart of halfbacks. His break from runner-up is still gigantic — 66,08 points.

Real Madrid’s Argentina international Gonzalo Higuain (pictured) scored one of the goals in the Merengues’ 3:2 win at struggling Atletico Madrid in La Liga yesterday to hold on to a spot in the top 8 of the FTBL world ranking of midfielders.

Chelsea’s Petr Cech used the flop of rivals Iker Casillas and Victor Valdes in their Champions League home games to surge to the top of the FTBL world ranking of goalkeepers.As Barcelona fell to Russia’s Rubin Kazan, Valdes dropped 11 rating points to

Chelsea’s Frank Lampard (pictured) used the slip of Barcelona’s leaders Lionel Messi and Xavi against Russia’s Rubin Kazan to claim the 2nd spot in the FTBL world ranking of midfielders as he helped the Blues rout dysfunctional Atletico Madrid 4:0 in

Barcelona’s Spain international Carles Puyol did not even need to take part in this weekend’s 5:2 trashing of struggling Atletico Madrid to grab the top spot in the FTBL ranking of Spanish defenders over teammate Gerard Pique.