FC Barcelona — Best pictures!

After the first group stage game of the new Champions League’s season, Real Madrid’s new recruit Xabi Alonso (pictured) has surged up the FTBL ranking of La Liga midfielders to capture the 2nd spot, behind only Barcelona’s Xabi (187.92 points).

The Inter Milan - Barcelona matchup in the group stage of the Champions League on Wednesday could well center on the showdown between two rival world-class strikers--Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o and Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic--who, after the bittersweet deal

As Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan slipped from 1st to 3rd place in the FTBL World Ranking of strikers, letting Wolfsburg’s Edin Dzeko (217.76 points) and Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney (209.62 points) take the lead, another Atletico Madrid striker,

Barcelona’s strong headed young midfielder Sergio Busquets (pictured right) broke into the FTBL Top 23 for players under 21 after his side’s triumph over Manchester United in the Champions League final.

Members of Barcelona soccer team, Bojan Krkic (L) and Carles Puyol, wave to the crowd as they celebrate their Champions League victory from the top of a bus along the streets of Barcelona.