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They say players are judged on what happens on the pitch but maybe not all players are judged equally.


It was pointed out during Sunday night's game between Barcelona and Real Madrid at Camp Nou that the Catalan club's ever-present midfielder Andres Iniesta has gone 361 days without scoring or directly assisting a goal. That figure will reach a year before Spain play Ukraine in a friendly on Friday evening.


It's crazy to think that this stat has gone unnoticed but it has and for good reason. Iniesta's passing completion average for Barcelona is around the 90 percent mark and Luis Enrique's team are top of La Liga. His role may have changed over time but it is clearly not hurting the chances of the club adding to their collection of silverware this season.


His compatriot Juan Mata may have stolen the headlines for his brace against Liverpool at Anfield but he has struggled to convince the media or his new coach for much of the season. Following on from a vital performance against Spurs a week before Authentic Kris Russell Jersey , the former Valencia man flourished as a "false right winger."


Despite only making 19 league starts this season and a combined 25 last season for Manchester United and Chelsea, the diminutive Spaniard leads Premier League midfielders for goals scored and created since the beginning of the 2011-12 season. Mata, with 31 goals and 34 assists, heads Yaya Toure Authentic Wayne Gretzky Jersey , David Silva, Eden Hazard and Steven Gerrard. Not bad for a player branded as an indulgence and seen as too lightweight by the Neanderthals of English soccer.


Ironically, Ander Herrera, the other Spaniard to thrive in Manchester United's midfield over the last few weeks after a season of struggle Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Jersey , told Spanish newspaper El Pais that "the Premier League is the best place to succeed because people are patient. In Spain there's more stir around you from press or fans."


Maybe Iniesta gets a pass from the press. To the Barcelona-supporting media he is untouchable for his role in the club's incredible decade, to those of a Madrid bias he is the player that scored the goal that secured Spain's World Cup. Even still, despite what Herrera calls the "stir" maybe it is just the fact that the Spanish can appreciate a midfielder and the English can't.


Any country where Paul Scholes was played out of position and Michael Carrick has less caps than Shaun Wright-Phillips is clearly getting something very wrong.


MADRID, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona striker Leo Messi on Friday strongly defended his father from allegations of corruption links Oscar Klefbom Jersey , and criticized Barcelona Vice-President Javier Faus.


Messi has again been in the spotlight after stories were published in the Spanish press assuring that the authorities were investigating his father, Jorge, for possible links to money laundering for drug cartels.


These allegations have been denied by the authorities, but Messi still defended his father Kailer Yamamoto Jersey , who is at the head of his charitable foundation and organizes the friendly games played by the Messi Foundation.


"I am very sad about what they are saying about my father and my friends, because we ensure that 100 percent of the money from those games is for charity," commented Messi.


"I am deeply united to my father and to my family in both personal and professional issues," he said in an interview on Catalan radio station Mark Letestu Jersey , RAC1.


"If it depended on me, he would carry on being the president of my companies and also the Foundation. As I have always said, I play football and he looks after my interests off the field and in choosing the best people to do that," said Messi.


Messi is clearly less impressed with Barca Vice-President Javier Faus Cam Talbot Jersey , the man who runs much of the economic affairs of the club.


"Mr. Faus is someone who knows nothing about football and wants to manage Barca as if it was a company and it isn't one," said Messi.


"Barca is the best team in the world and it should be represented by the best directors," he added.


Messi was asked whether or not he was negotiating a new deal to make him the best paid player in the world in the wake of the new contract recently signed by Cristiano Ronaldo, which made the Real Madrid star football's top earner.


Just 24 hours earlier Barca president Milan Lucic Jersey , Sandro Rosell had said Messi deserved to be the top paid player in the world, but the footballer insisted that if that was the case it was not because he has asked for it.


"Neither myself nor anyone from my circle has asked for an improved contract," said the striker, who is putting the finishing touches to his recovery from a muscle injury in Argentina..


"I am focused on my recovery and I am not thinking about anything else. I am trying to get to my best physical level Darnell Nurse Jersey ," he said.


Messi is expected to be available for his club when the BBVA Primera Liga returns after a short Xmas break in the first weekend in January.

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