Chelsea F.C. — Best pictures!

Two of the world’s top midfielders in the FTBL ranking, Barcelona’s superstar Lionel Messi (pictured right) and teammate Xavi (left) saw their respective ratings take a beating as the Catalans fell to a spirited Rubin Kazan (Russia) in a Champions League’s

Manchester United defender and England international Rio Ferdinand (pictured left) is now in 2nd place in the FTBL ranking of England defenders with a tally of 106.63 points, after overtaking Chelsea’s Ashley Cole (91.57 points), just as we predicted.

As Chelsea conceded the 2nd defeat in their last 3 games to fiercely competitive Aston Villa, most of the leading Blues saw their FTBL rankings take a battering.

Inter Milan’s Brazil international Julio Cesar (pictured) kept a clean slate as the Nerrazzuri surprisingly trashed 5-placed Genoa 5:0 in front of their home crowd in Serie A action yesterday to take the 3rd spot in the FTBL world ranking of goalkeepers

Chelsea skipper and England anchorman John Terry will have a chance to return to the top of the FTBL world ranking of defenders when the Blues travel to Aston Villa on Saturday.