VfB Stuttgart — Best pictures!

Stuttgart veteran Jens Lehmann (pictured) took the lead in the FTBL ranking of goalkeepers in the German Bundesliga following his side’s 2:0 away win over Rangers in the Champions League yesterday, their continuing travails in the Bundesliga notwithstanding.

Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who will turn 40 on November 10, now has a perfect opportunity to return in the Top 23 of the Bundesliga, which he exited some two months ago.

Two of this season’s big disappointments, so far, in the Bundesliga, Stuttgart and Bayern Munich, will take on each other on Saturday with a chance for Germany international Bastian Schweinsteiger (pictured left) to consolidate his newly acquired position

Germany manager Joachim Low, after all, decided to leave behind the leader in the FTBL ranking of German strikers, Leverkusen’s Stefan Kiessling. Is it because the youngster has never played for the national team and Low is loath to experiment in such

Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro yesterday grabbed the opener in Werder Bremen’s 2:0 away win over VfB Stuttgart to vault past Sevilla’s Brazil star Luis Fabiano and capture the lead in the FTBL ranking of South American strikers with a tally of 166.37