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Club Atletico Huracan’s young midfielder Javier Pastore (pictured) has captured the leadership in the FTBL top 23 of U-21 midfielders despite competition from more celebrated players from powerhouses such as Arsenal, Barcelona, and even Real Madrid.

Real Madrid’s Spain international Iker Casillas is using the Confed Cup in South Africa as an opportunity to patch up his personal rating: he picked up 20 rating points after Spain painfully beat Iraq 1:0 in their second outing in the competition. With

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.