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Prolific striker David Villa proved us wrong by pulling off a fine performance yesterday capped with the winning goal at Genoa and allowing Valencia to qualify top of the group to the knockout stage of the Europa League (2:1). Villa has now re-claimed

As striker David Villa returns after disqualification to lead Valencia against Italy’s Genoa in the Europa League this evening, he will have a hard time retaining his lead in the FTBL world ranking of forwards.

Former Rubin Kazan's Argentine forward Alejandro Dominguez, who will now be plying his art in La Liga, is bound to run into stiff competition at Valencia, where he is the lowest ranked forward at the moment with a tally of just 64.82 points. For comparison,

Valencia’s prolific striker David Villa (right) has now been the highest ranked player in the world on the FTBL list for two weeks running as he extended his goal-scoring series to 5 straight games despite yesterday’s 2:3 loss to Real Madrid.

Dark clouds are again gathering over David Villa as the absolute leader of the FTBL ranking. This time, he will have to prove that he is really worth the #1 spot in the Real Madrid - Valencia matchup. The plank to overcome is the magic number 13 points.