We're underway at the Camp Nou, with Barcelona kicking us off. It's taken all of twenty seconds for Marcelo to foul Pedro, to absolutely nobody's surprise, and to everyone's surprise Real Madrid take that ball off Barcelona inside the first minute, with Lassana Diarra coming in to rob David Villa and Xavi then feeding the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo's run is superb and releases Marcelo to the left. The fullback's play is relatively poor, however, and he can't get a cross in. Opportunity lost, but a very positive start.
Barcelona Vs. Real Madrid, 2011 UEFA Champions League Semifinal: Madrid Attacking Early
Madrid are much higher up the pitch than they were in the first leg - it’s necessary with them already in a 2-0 hole, but that bodes for a more interesting, open match, and is more than welcome. Barcelona seem a little bit shaken by being pressed so hard so early, and are giving their guests the ball with some uncharacteristically bad passing. Meanwhile, Ronaldo is looking well up for this one.
This is the fourth of four matches between Real Madrid and Barcelona. You can view our coverage of the April 16th, 20th and 27th matches here, here and here, with live coverage of Real Madrid vs Barcelona on May 3 in this story stream.
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