FC Barcelona — Best pictures!

Despite helping the Red Devils to another title triumph this weekend in the English Premier league—their third in a row—the leader of our FTBL World Top 23 for midfielders, Cristiano Ronaldo, was unable to produce one of his trademark pulverizing performances

Young defender Gerard Pique scored Barcelona’s 100th goal in the recent humiliation of arch-rivals and reigning champions Real Madrid. The goal allowed the young, promising defender to make his entry into the club of best defenders of La Liga according

Real Madrid's and Iker Casillas’s fiasco at Santiago Bernabeu against Barcelona resulted in the return of Chelsea’s Petr Cech (pictured in center) in the number 2 spot in our FTBL Top 23 rating of world best goalkeepers. Cech earned 11.00 rating points

Argentine prodigy Lionel Messi grabbed the second place in our FTBL World Top 23 rating of best midfielders after a dazzling performance in Barcelona’s 6:2 thrashing of rivals Real Madrid yesterday in La Liga. Messi now has 193.21 points over all.

Seven Manchester United players are in the FTBL world Top-23 rating, leading in all positions.