If Spain are to come anywhere close to their 2008-2010 feats and back up their European Championship title by adding the World Cup , then they have a central problem. Literally.

It's a 6-foot-2, 118-pound problem by the name of Rodri Hernández : Ballón d'Or winner, leader, champion, enforcer, brainiac, and someone without whom, on top form, Spain simply won't lift their second Mundial trophy in New Jersey next July.

Ask anyone who cares about football, and they'll could rattle off a few of the Manchester City midfielder's assets.

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He's one of those physically imposing fellas who scare

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