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For Chelsea’s midfielder Michael Ballack tonight’s Champions League second leg semi-final against nearly unstoppable Barcelona will be decisive in terms of FTBL ratings. The German entered our Top 23 for the Premier League with his 109.35 points thanks

Real Madrid's and Iker Casillas’s fiasco at Santiago Bernabeu against Barcelona resulted in the return of Chelsea’s Petr Cech (pictured in center) in the number 2 spot in our FTBL Top 23 rating of world best goalkeepers. Cech earned 11.00 rating points

Argentine prodigy Lionel Messi grabbed the second place in our FTBL World Top 23 rating of best midfielders after a dazzling performance in Barcelona’s 6:2 thrashing of rivals Real Madrid yesterday in La Liga. Messi now has 193.21 points over all.

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar will have a perfect opportunity this coming weekend to close the 2-point gap separating him from his main rival Real Madrid’s Iker Casillas in the FTBL rating of goalkeepers and, maybe, grab the lead.

Man United star midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured in center) remains firmly on top of our FTBL rating of best midfielders in the world with an overall rating of 230.95 points. The Portugal international is unlikely to lose the leadership in the coming