Lyonnais — Best pictures!

Olympique Lyon’s Brazilian Cris took the lead in the FTBL ranking of defenders in the French Ligue 1 after scoring the winner in the dramatic 2:1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain yesterday. But this could be just the beginning of a dramatic drive up the

No. 5 in the French Ligue 1 Olympique Lyon will host No. 4 Montpellier in the last league game for the year today. Can Brazilian midfielder Michel Bastos (far left) continue the rise he initiated in the FTBL ranking with a goal in the 1:1 draw against

Lille’s Cote d’Ivoire international Gervinho (right) scored twice (including the last-minute winner) to hand his side a 4:3 win in a dramatic French Ligue 1 home encounter against No. 4 Olympique Lyon: he picked up more rating points in the FTBL system

Olympique Marseille’s France international Steve Mandanda last weekend lost the top spot in the FTBL ranking of goalkeepers in the Ligue 1 to Olympique Lyon’s Hugo Lloris.

Olympique Lyon’s France international Hugo Lloris added approximately 20 rating points in the FTBL system following France’s 1:0 win over Ireland in game 1 of their World Cup 2010 playoff last weekend to capture the 4th spot in the FTBL world ranking