Valencia — Best pictures!

Liverpool star striker and Spain international Fernando Torres (pictured) is just a sliver away from netting 1000 points in the FTBL football rating system.

Real Madrid have won all of their last three games, scoring 13 goals against 2 conceded, with superstar forward Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured) in the thick of all that action.

Real Madrid megastar Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured) seemed to shrug off the relative lack of form he had displayed since joining the Spanish giants as he helped them trash modest FC Zurich 5:2 in their Champions League group stage opener last Tuesday.

Manchester United’s England superstar Wayne Rooney (pictured) held on to his top spot in the FTBL World Ranking of strikers, fending off the attacks of rivals David Villa of Valencia and Barcelona’s Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Manchester United and England forward Wayne Rooney will go into today's World Cup qualifier against Croatia just a few tenths of rating points from the top spot in the FTBL ranking of the world’s top players. With an overall rating of 201.97 points at