FC Barcelona — Best pictures!

Lionel Messi (with the ball) scored 3 goals in Real Madrid’s 5:0 drubbing of Tenerife in La Liga last Sunday and was rewarded with a solid 48.85 rating points, the biggest gain of the week, in the FTBL system, continuing the rise he initiated last year.

Barcelona’s midfielder and Spain international Xavi has a real chance of clearing the 200-point mark in the FTBL system in the coming weekend. At the moment, only 4 players have 200 points, and only one of them is a midfielder.

Barcelona’s Victor Valdes ended 2009 as the best goalkeeper in the world in the FTBL ranking and remained there for most of the time, except for the brief interlude when he was pushed aside by Inter Milan’s Brazil international Julio Cesar. After Sunday’s

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi bagged a hat-trick as Barcelona trounced No.17 Tenerife 5:0 to return to the top of the table in La Liga yesterday. Messi, who is the top-ranked player in the world in the FTBL ranking at the moment, added a whooping 48.85

Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta (pictured) has dropped one rank in the FTBL world ranking of midfielders after Spain’s game against Russia in the EURO 2008 dropped from the list of games played by the Spain international in the last 6 months. In Spain’s 3:0