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Werder Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese’s performance in his side’s 2:0 home win over 1899 Hoffenheim earned him enough rating points to bring him a sliver shy of the 3rd spot in the top 3 of the FTBL world ranking of goalkeepers.

Weekend matches in the various major leagues produced a new continental leader in another category: Barcelona’s Dani Alves surged to the top in the FTBL ranking of South American defenders.

The Inter Milan - Barcelona matchup in the group stage of the Champions League on Wednesday could well center on the showdown between two rival world-class strikers--Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o and Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic--who, after the bittersweet deal

Barcelona’s Gerard Pique captured the lead in the FTBL World Ranking of defenders last week, but the gap between him and his nearest rival, Chelsea’s John Terry, of just 0.6 rating points should worry the Catalan. He will have a high plank of 17.25 rating

Chelsea’s African players had a big weekend in World Cup 2010 qualifiers, with Michael Essien (pictured right) scoring the second goal in Ghana’s 2:0 win over Sudan to earn 17.55 rating points in the FTBL system and consolidate his 2nd position in our