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The Russian team ultimately proved incapable of overcoming Slovenia in a two-game playoff for a berth to World Cup 2010 in South Africa, primarily due to the lack of inspiration in the game of its strike force headed by Arsenal star Andrei Arshavin (pictured

Russian international Roman Pavluychenko (pictured left), who gets very little playtime at Tottenham Hotspur, might want to sit out Russia’s World Cup 2010 playoff game against Slovenia if he wants to avoid a dramatic drop in his FTBL score: his plank

The FTBL ranking confirms the fact that the French will go into their World Cup 2010 playoff games against Ireland as the clear favorites: the 23 best French players have a combined score that is more than double that of the 23 best Irish players (2,533

Arsenal’s Russian international Andrei Arshavin (pictured lower) climbed to the top 6 of the FTBL ranking of forwards in the English Premier League with a goal in the Gunners’ 4:1 clobbering of lowly Wolverhampton Wanderers yesterday.

Hoffenheim’s Croatia international Josip Simunic (pictured) came closer to a return in the top 6 of the FTBL ranking of Bundesliga defenders after his side’s 3:0 crushing of struggling FC Nurnberg in league action last Saturday.