Real Madrid Vs. Barcelona 2011, El Clasico: Barcelona In Control; Messi Comes Close

Barcelona finally play a little bit of football, passing it around the Real Madrid midfield before testing them down the right, then switching play to the left and crossing into Iker Casillas' area. Andres Iniesta couldn't quite meet the delivery, but that was the first moment of any real threat from the visitors. Madrid were doing a good job pressing their opponents and forcing them back down the pitch, but that's dropped off a little in the past few minutes and Barcelona are more and more able to get forward.

Three minutes later - without a Real Madrid touch in between (there were something like thirty or forty passes in the interim) and Lionel Messi was sent clear of the Madrid defence by a scything long ball. Under heavy pressure from Marcelo, the striker controlled with his head but failed to beat Casillas with an attempted chip, keeping the score at 0-0.