CSKA — Best pictures!

As Russia prepare to travel to Slovenia for game 2 of their World Cup 2010 playoff, Chelsea’s Yuri Zhirkov (pictured left), who wasted an excellent chance to score in game 1 in Moscow, will have a perfect opportunity to boost his overall FTBL score.

The goal conceded in the dying minutes of yesterday's game against Slovenia denied goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev the full pleasure of a deserved “clean” victory, but the CSKA Moscow last man was nonetheless able to re-captured the top spot in the FTBL ranking

As midfielder Sergey Semak (pictured right) and Rubin Kazan prepare to take on former club CSKA Moscow in what should be the central game of the 28th round in the Russian Premier League, he would do well to remember how important the match is for his

CSKA Moscow’s Milos Krasic (3rd from left) and Alan Dzagoev (3rd from right) were instrumental in the Russians’ solid display against Manchester United at Old Trafford last Tuesday in the Champions League (3:3), substantially adding to their FTBL ratings:

Antonio Valencia (pictured right) robbed CSKA Moscow of victory with a stoppage-time attempt that was deflected by Georgiy Shchennikov (pictured left) into his own goal, allowing Manchester United to salvage their Champions League encounter against the