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Chelsea’s Frank Lampard (pictured left) and Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (pictured right) were on target yesterday for England as they scored two goals apiece to sink Croatia 5:1 in World Cup 2010 qualifying at Wembley.

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

Chelsea’s England international Frank Lampard, the highest rated player in the FTBL ranking with 201.98 points at the moment, will go into England’s game against Croatia facing a plank of 36 rating points to beat: the plank derives from England’s 6:0

Chelsea defender Frank Lampard (pictured) concludes the season at the top of the FTBL ranking of English players with 214.67 points.

Spain will kick off their Confederations Cup campaign today in South Africa against New Zealand, with their point man forward Fernando Torres of Liverpool facing a high plank of 27 rating points to beat; he set the plank in the 4:4 thriller against Arsenal