Rubin — Best pictures!

Barcelona’s Seydou Keita took the lead in the FTBL ranking of African midfielders with a hat-trick in the Catalans’ 6:1 clobbering of Real Zaragoza in La Liga yesterday.

Rubin will try to return to the top of the standings when they take on FC Rostov today in Russian Premier League action, while leader Alejandro Dominguez (pictured left) will have a chance to claim back the top spot in the FTBL ranking of strikers.

Antonio Valencia (pictured in the center) earned more than 16 rating points in the FTBL system as his strike netted Manchester United a narrow 1:0 win over CSKA Moscow in their Champions League group stage game yesterday in Moscow, pushing his tally to

Barcelona’s stunning defeat to Russia’s Rubin Kazan in Champions League action yesterday had an immediate effect on the rankings of many of its leading players, with goalkeeper Victor Valdes having to cede his leadership on the FTBL list to rival Iker

Rubin Kazan’s Turkish midfielder Karadeniz Gokdeniz (pictured), the man who netted the winner for the Russians in the Champions League group stage game against Barcelona at the Nou camp yesterday, earned a whopping 25 rating points in the FTBL system