Spain

HE MAY NOT BE A BIG SCORER, BUT THE POSSESSION-MAD MIDFIELDER MADE TWO OF THE BIGGEST GOALS IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF FC BARCELONA AND SPAIN'S NATIONAL TEAM: IN THE 2009 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND THE 2010 WORLD CUP

THE EXPLOSIVE STRIKER FROM ASTURIAS MIGHT SEEM TO BE OUT OF PLACE ON A METHODICAL TEAM IN CATALONIA, BUT IN FACT HE IS JUST WHAT BARÇA NEEDED

SPAIN'S WORLD-CUP-WINNING NATIONAL TEAM MAY BE DOMINATED BY PLAYERS FROM BARCELONA, BUT ITS CAPTAIN IS REAL MADRID'S IMPECCABLE GOALKEEPER, WHO MAY BE MINDING THE NET FOR CLUB AND COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT DECADE

AN UNFLAPPABLE LITTLE MAN WITH CHAMELEON EYES IS THE ALL-SEEING FIELD GENERAL OF THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMPIONS AND OF SPAIN'S DOMINANT CLUB

NO MATTER HOW OFTEN HE'S GORED—23 TIMES SO FAR—THE BIONIC MATADOR GETS STITCHED UP AND RETURNS TO THE RING TO FACE THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST BULLS