LONDON (AP) a' Barcelona received the most points in AP's worldwide soccer ratings on Tuesday, with the team's striker, Lionel Messi, coming near to top marks. The Catalan team was recognized by The Associated Press' section of 20 soccer journalists for its 4-0 rout of AC Milan to overcome a 2-0 first-leg deficit and qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the sixth time in a line. "We rediscovered the best Barcelona at the best possible moment," Cedric Rouquette of Eurosport in France said. The maximum 200 points were received by barcelona, with Spanish competing Real Madrid 2nd at 106 points and Italian league leader Juventus third with 92 points. Messi, who won twice in the Milan success, acquired 195 points out of a 200, with AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli 2nd, quite a distance behind with 77 points and Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski third with 68. U.S. panelist Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch mentioned voting for Messi was "the largest no-brainer in activities. Putting together this record weekly requires really just finding nine titles to type after Messi's." Second-place Balotelli has scored eight ambitions in six games for Milan, including both in a 2-0 win over Palermo this week-end. Lewandowski also won two in Dortmund's 5-1 crushing of Freiburg in the Bundesliga. However, Germany-based panelist James Thorogood explained it was Nuri Sahin who stood out more for Dortmund, and the Turkish player was ninth in the voting. "The Turkish global has already established to show patience since rejoining Dortmund after lost spells with Real Madrid and Liverpool, but was back once again to his important best against Freiburg, scoring twice and creating Robert Lewandowski's first," Thorogood said. Mark Villa, with 64 details, was the second Barcelona player in the top four, just ahead of Chelsea's Eden Hazard, who's becoming increasingly important for the London club. True Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain was sixth and teammate Cristiano Ronaldo was eighth. Both obtained in the Spanish champion's 5-2 triumph over Real Mallorca. Andres Iniesta was the third Barca player in the very best 10, sharing 10th area with Chelsea's Frank Lampard. In because it sits nine points clear in Serie A and still in the Champions group the team rankings, Real Madrid was 2nd, making just over half the points gathered by its great competitors, with Juventus in third. Dortmund's remarkable success saw the second-place Bundesliga staff area in last position with 83, four places ahead of group leader Bayern Munich, which really is a significant 20 points ahead domestically. The champions-elect needed 3 minutes to a Leverkusen own goal from time for you to eke out a triumph at the weekend. Resurgent Chelsea was elected fifth, linked with Turkey's Galatasaray, which can be surging in the domestic category and in the last seven of the Champions League. Paolo Condo of Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport noticed that Argentina's San Lorenzo was perhaps the most successful team of the week, as an important fan unmasked himself a the new Pope Francis, an advocate of the Buenos Aires club. Dumb AP World wide Soccer Rankings for the week ending March 17. Based on 20 voters, using 10 points for top to 1 point for bottom place. Prior ranks in parentheses. Players: 1. Lionel Messi, (3), 195 items. 2. Mario Balotelli, 77. 3. Robert Lewandowski, 68. 4. David Villa, 64. 5. Eden Hazard, 63. 6. Gonzalo Higuain, 57. 7. Edinson Cavani, 54. 8. Cristiano Ronaldo, 50. 9. Nuri Sahin, 39. 10. Andres Iniesta 37. (link) Frank Lampard, 37. Etc Clubs 1. Barcelona, (5), 200 points. 2. True Madrid, (1), 106. 3. Juventus, (2), 92. 4. Borussia Dortmund, (7), 83. 5. Chelsea, 79. (link) Galatasaray, 79. 7. Manchester United, 68. 8. Bayern Munich, (3), 56. 9. System, 49. 10. Malaga, 44.
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