Barcelona Vs. Real Madrid, 2011 UEFA Champions League Semifinal: Ricardo Carvalho Continues To Get Away With Murder

David Villa misses a one on one with Iker Casillas, smacking the ball into the goalkeeper's knees, but no matter as the Spainish striker is adjudged to have been offside. If the flag hadn't been up, he'd have had a lot of explaining to do at half time.

Also, is Ricardo Carvalho trying to get himself sent off? The defender, already on a booking, crunches in to the back of Lionel Messi yet again and goes begging to Frank De Bleeckere not to issue a card. The referee obliges for no reason I can discern, but how is Carvalho not off the pitch? So much for that conspiracy (perhaps the intent of Jose Mourinho in declaring there was one).

Anyway, there's one minute of extra time at the end of the first half, and nothing much happens except for Real Madrid winning and then wasting a corner. That wasn't very exciting, was it?

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.