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Barcelona Vs. Real Madrid, 2011 UEFA Champions League Semifinal: Sergio Busquets Tests Iker Casillas With Header

Andres Iniesta had the first shot of the match, and fellow Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets now has the first shot on target. A huge scramble in the Real Madrid penalty area eventually leads to Marcelo conceding a corner (truth be told, Barcelona probably should have punished a series of errors with something a little more rewarding than a corner kick) under pressure from Lionel Messi, and although there aren't too many Barcelona players in Iker Casillas's box the delivery falls to Sergio Busquets, who has a free header from about eight yards and directs the effort right at the goalkeeper. Yes, it's on target, but it really wasn't a very good effort.

Cristiano Ronaldo is still very much Real's most interesting attacker - he's on the left with Angel di Maria right, and Dani Alves is having a touch time keeping up. Even with help from Busquets, Alves is lucky to see the ball run just out of play when Ronaldo ghosts past both of them. There's some real threat here, but it hasn't resulted in any penetration. The first attack from Madrid is still probably their best.

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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