Werder — Best pictures!

Werder Bremen’s Brazilian midfielder Diego produced a fine performance in the all-German UEFA Cup semi-final first leg match against Hamburg last night to survive at the top of our FTBL ranking of midfielders in the Bundesliga despite losing 20.03 rating

The other UEFA Cup semi-final will pit Werder Bremen against Hamburg. If Hamburg are performing better in the Bundesliga, with still a good chance to even clinch the championship title, Werder players perform better rating-wise: defender Per Mertesacker

Brazil and AC Milan star midfielder Kaka has returned into the FTBL Top 23 list of world best players. The Brazilian had a double in AC Milan’s 3:0 trashing of visitors Palermo. Kaka scored his too goals from the penalty spot.

Brazil midfielder Diego (pictured right) rejoined the list of world best midfielders by racking in an impressive 21 rating points in Werder Bremen 3:2 home win over VfL Bochum.

Two German teams—Werder Bremen and Hamburg SV--will meet in the other semi-final of the UEFA Cup. The two sides, who won the first legs of their quarter-final matches, had to produce serious efforts to secure qualification in the return legs.