Bordeaux — Best pictures!

Yoann Gourcuff’s 77th minute goal made it 4:1 for leaders Bordeaux against FC Lorient. The France international returned to the top of the FTBL ranking of French midfielders and is perfectly positioned to remain at the top at least until the New Year.

As we predicted just yesterday, Bordeaux’s Cedric Carrasso (left) has extended his run of “clean” games to five, dramatically increasing his FTBL score to join teammate Alou Diarra in the World Top 23, our list of the world’s top 23 players.

Bordeaux opened a 4-point lead at the top of the French Ligue 1 table after a 1:0 win at rival Olympique Lyon last Sunday, while Cedric Carrasso (right) captured the lead in the FTBL ranking of goalkeepers in the league after the 4th consecutive game

Bordeaux’s Alou Diarra (second from right) captured the lead in the FTBL ranking of midfielders in the French Ligue 1 after adding more than 17 rating points as the Girondins downed No. 10 Paris Saint-Germain 1:0 at home yesterday in league action.

Bordeaux’s Moroccan forward Marouane Chamakh contributed a goal in the Girondins’s 2:0 home win over Juventus in the Champions League group stage yesterday to move closer to a return in the top tier of the FTBL ranking of French Ligue 1 forwards.