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Spartak Moscow’s Brazilian Alex (pictured left) retained the lead in the FTBL ranking of midfielders in the Russian Premier League after the 29th round, but to end the season at the top, he will need a win against Zenit St. Petersburg in the last game

Russia’s defeat to Slovenia cost Konstantin Zyryanov (pictured left), Russia’s best midfielder in the FTBL ranking at the moment with a score of 84.67 points, 10 rating points in our system, but the Zenit St. Petersburg man has managed to retain a comfortable

Despite a game in half-tones against Slovenia yesterday in his own admission, Russia skipper and Arsenal forward Andrei Arshavin (pictured in the center) still managed to slightly improve his overall FTBL score thanks to Russia’s overall victory.

Zenit St. Petersburg’s Russian international Igor Denisov added 13.66 rating points to his overall FTBL score after Russia defeated Slovenia 2:1 in the first leg of their World Cup 2010 playoff yesterday to claim the 3rd spot in the FTBL ranking of Russian

Everton’s Russian international Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (pictured) helped Russia to a 2:1 home win over Slovenia in the first leg of their World Cup 2010 playoff yesterday with a fantastic double, amply justifying the confidence coach Guus Hiddink had put