1 Rosario                                      1  (8)
      Conversation with Celia and Marcela
      Cuccittini
    2 Garibaldi Hospital                           9  (8)
      24 June 1987
    3 The smallest of them all                     17 (8)
      A summer afternoon in 1992
    4 The same as always                           25 (4)
      Conversation with Cintia Arellano
    5 Red and black                                29 (8)
      21 March 1994
    6 He was a Gardel                              37 (4)
      Conversation with Adrian Coria
    7 Size: small                                  41 (6)
      31 January 1997
    8 International star in a small town           47 (4)
      Conversation with Mariano Bereznicki, La
      Capital journalist
    9 Across the pond                              51 (8)
      17 September 2000
    10 Latigazo                                    59 (4)
      Conversation with Fernando `Chiche'
      Niembro, Fox TV commentator
    11 Provisional licence                         63 (6)
      6 March 2001
    12 Puyol's mask                                69 (4)
      Conversation with Alex Garcia
    13 Debut                                       73 (6)
      16 November 2003
    14 Home-grown                                  79 (4)
      Conversation with Cristina Cubero, Mundo
      Deportivo (Sports World) journalist
    15 Videotape                                   83 (10)
      29 June 2004
    16 The football is his toy                     93 (4)
      Conversation with Francisco `Pancho'
      Ferraro
    17 A friend                                    97 (4)
      Conversation with Pablo Zabaleta
    18 Soap opera                                  101(10)
      3 October 2005
    19 A breath of fresh air                       111(4)
      Conversation with Fernando Solanas, Head
      of Sports Marketing at Adidas Iberia
    20 Boy of the match                            115(8)
      22 February 2006
    21 Supersonic aesthetic                        123(4)
      Conversation with Santiago Segurola,
      Marca journalist
    22 Difficult, very difficult                   127(4)
      Conversation with Asier del Horno
    23 Not even a single minute                    131(12)
      30 June 2006
    24 Positive discrimination                     143(4)
      Conversation with Jorge Valdano
    25 The devil                                   147(8)
      10 March 2007
    26 Jaw-dropping                                155(4)
      Conversation with Gianluca Zambrotta
    27 Leo and Diego                               159(16)
      18 April 2007
    28 A long career ahead of him                  175(4)
      Conversation with Frank Rijkaard
    29 You have to prove it                        179(4)
      Conversation with Carlos Salvador Bilardo
    30 Disappointment                              183(6)
      15 July 2007
    31 An electric kid                             189(4)
      Conversation with Alfio `El Coco' Basile
    32 Bronze and silver                           193(8)
      17 December 2007
    33 Physical thinking                           201(4)
      Conversation with Roberto Perfumo, `El
      Mariscal'
    34 The long journey towards gold               205(18)
      22 May 2008
    35 Happiness                                   223(18)
      27 May 2009
    36 Third time lucky                            241(14)
      1, 19 and 21 December 2009
    37 Floods of tears                             255(14)
      3 July 2010
    38 Surprise                                    269(10)
      10 January 2011
    39 Simply the best                             279(14)
      28 May 2011
    40 Barcelona                                   293(10)
      Conversation with Leo Messi
Career record                                      303(4)
Bibliography                                       307(4)
Acknowledgements                                   311