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Real Madrid number one goalkeeper Iker Casillas has used the Confederations Cup to improve his rating after a lackluster campaign in La Liga: he picked up 60 rating points in the few games he was allowed to play with Spain in the competition to take his

Real Madrid’s new sign Raul Albiol (pictured right) was given 90 minutes of playtime with Spain in the game for the 3rd place in the Confed Cup against South Africa, and the young defender picked up more than 10 rating points to move within 5 rating points

Liverpool’s Xabi Alonso (pictured left), who scored the winner for Spain against hosts South Africa in the game for the 3rd place in the Confederations Cup has returned in the elite of English Premier League midfielders.

Today’s game between South Africa and Spain for the third place in the Confed Cup would provide a chance for Barcelona playmaker Xavi to break clear of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo in the FTBL Top 23 of the world’s top midfielders.

Brazil’s laborious win over gritty South Africa in the Confederations Cup semi-final has allowed two of the Selecao’s big guns, Inter Milan’s right-back Maicon and Bayern Munich’s central defender Lucio (pictured in a yellow jersey), to return in the