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Cote D’Ivoire's 2:1 win away in Guinea on June 7 in a World Cup qualifier brought changes in the FTBL Top 23 of African forwards, with Olympique Marseille’s Ivorian striker Bakari Kone (pictured) forcing out fellow countryman Salomon Kalou of Chelsea.

Chelsea’s Portuguese defender Jose Bosingwa (pictured) returned into the elite group of the world’s top football players after an absence of two and an half months following Portugal’s 2:1 win over Albania in a World Cup 2010 qualifier yesterday.

England’s serene 4:0 win away in Kazakhstan in a World Cup 2010 qualifier has allowed Chelsea defenders Ashley Cole (on the left in the picture) and John Terry (on the right) to re-claim the 1st and 2nd spots in the FTBL rating of the world’s best defenders,

Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (pictured right) and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard (pictured left) have overtaken Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo in the FTBL Top 23 of the world’s best midfielders and have their sight now firmly set on first-placed Lionel

The top spot in the FTBL World Top 23 of the world’s best defenders will probably go from Liverpool’s Jamie Carragher to Chelsea’s Ashley Cole after the World Cup 2010 qualifier between England and Kazakhstan; Carragher, with an overall rating of 132.74