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Valencia’s prolific striker David Villa (right) has now been the highest ranked player in the world on the FTBL list for two weeks running as he extended his goal-scoring series to 5 straight games despite yesterday’s 2:3 loss to Real Madrid.

Dark clouds are again gathering over David Villa as the absolute leader of the FTBL ranking. This time, he will have to prove that he is really worth the #1 spot in the Real Madrid - Valencia matchup. The plank to overcome is the magic number 13 points.

Prolific striker and Spain international David Villa retained the top spot in the FTBL world ranking as he scored a goal in Valencia’s 2:1 away win over Athletic Bilbao yesterday in La Liga.

The top player in the world at the moment in the FTBL ranking is Valencia striker David Villa with an overall score of 215.96 points, with Manchester United’s England international Wayne Rooney (pictured) 2nd with 194.66 points.

Valencia forward Juan Mata had a daunting plank of 23 rating points to beat in the Europa League game against French side Lille, which he did partially with a 3:1 win and goal, earning 17.54 rating points.