Let's hear it for the unheralded heroes

To listen to the debate and comment over the last week, both here in Spain and elsewhere around the world, you might think that only two players will be on the pitch at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Saturday for the latest edition of El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The headlines have been dominated by Barca's amazing Argentine and his Portuguese predecessor as the World Player of the Year, who pulls on the predominantly white apparel of arch rivals Real.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philminshull/2010/04/the_other_stars_of_el_clasico.html