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Barcelona Vs. Real Madrid, 2011 UEFA Champions League Semifinal: Barcelona Onslaught Denied By Iker Casillas

That's three quite brilliant moves by Lionel Messi and Barcelona should be ahead - but aren't. First, the forward picks the ball up on the right and cuts to the edge of the penalty box, curling a lovely attempt that's headed for the top corner if not for the intervention of Iker Casillas, who fumbles the shot and then recovers with David Villa looking to poach.

Then, Messi beats two players to skip into the box, but shoots too early and sends an effort well wide, and then he releases David Villa on the left to force Casillas into another excellent save. Pedro has a go too, but it's nothing like testing Casillas. Real Madrid's defence is starting to fall apart, now - this is starting to look like that 5-0 game. Barcelona have stepped it up a notch and it really doesn't look like Madrid are going to be able to survive until halftime unscathed.

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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