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The Confed Cup seems an opportunity as good as any for Real Madrid goalkeeper and Spain international Iker Casillas to give his lately sagging rating fortunes a good boost: Casillas picked up 25 rating points after Spain’s drubbing of miserable New Zealand

Villarreal defender and Spain international Juan Capdevila (pictured) will break into the FTBL World Top 23 of defenders bar a loss against New Zealand tonight in the Confederations Cup in South Africa.

Cristiano Ronaldo, whose move to Real Madrid in a mega deal has now been confirmed, remained locked in a tug war with Barcelona’s Lionel Messi for the top spot in FTBL rating of the world’s top midfielders throughout the season, with the Portuguese holding

Barcelona’s Argentine prodigy Lionel Messi (pictured), who five days ago topped the FTBL rating of the world’s best midfielders, has dropped to 4th place, even letting new Real Madrid sign Cristiano Ronaldo overtake him.

With his mega-transfer from AC Milan to Real Madrid, Brazilian superstar Kaka (pictured) has traded the FTBL Top 23 of the Serie A for its equivalent in La Liga.