FC Barcelona — Best pictures!

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique continues his ascent in the FTBL World Ranking of defenders: in his last two appearances, he has managed to not only break into the World Top 23, but also topple Chelsea’s John Terry from the helm of our ranking of defenders.

Real Madrid’s number one keeper and Spain international Iker Casillas (pictured) re-captured the top spot in the FTBL ranking of goalkeepers as the Merengues defeated Espanyol 3:0 in a convincing performance on Saturday.

Barcelona forward and France skipper Thierry Henry (pictured) kept Les Blues’ hopes of making it to next year’s World Cup in South Africa alive when he equalized against Serbia in their qualifier last Wednesday (1:1): he earned enough rating points in

Chelsea’s German international Michael Ballack (pictured right) continues to collect rating points match after match, advancing methodically in the FTBL ranking where he has reached the top echelon, discarding rivals along the way. A little more than

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi (pictured) saw his FTBL rating shrink further as Argentina, yet again, went down 0:1, this time to Paraguay in World Cup 2010 qualifying yesterday. Messi dropped 26.11 rating points in our system and has lost more than