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Barcelona’s Argentine prodigy Lionel Messi stormed to the top of the FTBL absolute ranking with flashes of his dazzling talent as the Catalans defeated Mexico’s Atlante 3:1 to make it to the final of the Club World Cup in the UAE yesterday.

Argentina superstar Lionel Messi sealed victory (and qualification to the knockout stage) for Barcelona in their Champions League group stage game against Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kyiv yesterday with a late goal (2:1) taking his FTBL tally beyond the

The top tier of the FTBL world ranking of midfielders changed fundamentally after yesterday’s games in major top leagues, with Chelsea’s Frank Lampard losing the top spot after the Blues’ shock loss at Manchester City: he dropped more than 35 rating points

Real Madrid's Argentina international Gonzalo Higuain (pictured) scored the only goal as the Merengues narrowly defeated Racing Santander at the Santiago Bernabeu (1:0) to capture the # 1 spot in La Liga standings while Barcelona were held 1:1 at Athletic

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.