As Bordeaux host Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday, Italy international Fabio Grosso will be poised to score a big gain in the FTBL world ranking of defenders if the Old Lady can produce the type of football they have so far displayed in the Serie A.

Grosso scored the only goal for Juve in their 1:0 home win over Udinese yesterday, pickling up more than 10 rating points top boost his tally to 91.40 points.

The plank to beat for the Italy international will amount to 11 rating points, which means a victory without more than a goal conceded will be necessary for him to advance.

If Juventus come out on top, the next game against Cagliari in the Serie A could send Grosso to the very top of the world ranking; he will go in with a plank of just 3 rating points to beat, and given Juventus’s current form, this seems definitely possible.