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Werder Bremen’s Germany international Mesut Ozil (pictured) broke into the FTBL World Top 23, our list of the world’s top 23 players, after contributing a goal in his side’s 6:0 clobbering of newly promoted SC Freiburg yesterday in the Bundesliga.

Despite dropping 12.5 rating points in yesterday’s draw (1:1) at home against Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen's Germany international Per Mertesacker held on to the #1 spot in the FTBL ranking of German defenders with a tally of 91.49

It appears veteran goalkeeper Oliver Kahn had a point when he recently allowed himself to criticize his younger German colleagues: the best goalkeeper in the Bundesliga at the moment (in the FTBL ranking) is Wolfsburg’s Diego Benaglio, a Swiss, not a

Werder Bremen midfielder Torsten Frings (119.48 points) has come close to the top in the Bundesliga ranking before, and at one point the gap between him and then leader Simon Rolfes of Bayer Leverkusen was less than 2 rating points, but he never managed

Werder Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese’s performance in his side’s 2:0 home win over 1899 Hoffenheim earned him enough rating points to bring him a sliver shy of the 3rd spot in the top 3 of the FTBL world ranking of goalkeepers.