What drives Iniesta, Messi and Xavi

ESPN FC's Shaka Hislop breaks down each aspect of the UEFA Champions League final to determine the winner.If Barça overcome a clever, dangerous Juventus side on Saturday night, and if it is Xavi Hernandez lifting that big lump of silver to the Berlin sky, then it will be a story of such emotion and such poetry that it would make a granite gargoyle shed a tear.

Equally, if it happens to be Gigi Buffon, then our sport will still swell with pride -- 84 Champions League games, a genuine all-time legend and finally, at 38 years old, this trophy for the first time, in the same square metre as where he lifted the World Cup nine years ago.

However, if it is another Blaugrana year, then victory will,…