Very early on, Messi is caught by a bad tackle from Sergio Ramos, signalling Real Madrid’s physical approach as the crowd reacts angrily.

Messi slides a pass to Henry on the edge of the Real Madrid box, but Henry’s ensuing cross is weak and fails to find a teammate.

After cleverly winning a cheap free-kick, Messi returns to torment Sergio Ramos, easily beating him before forcing a sharp save from Casillas with a driven shot.

Finding acres of space on the right, Messi exchanges a neat one-two with Eto’o but his shot towards goal is brilliantly blocked by Cannavaro.

Messi’s effort is blocked by Sergio Ramos and goes out for a corner, continuing the duel between the two on Barcelona’s right flank.

Messi is fouled yet again, prompting Guardiola to remonstrate on the touchline as Real Madrid continue to target Barcelona’s playmaker.

Messi drills a shot through the legs of Sergio Ramos, but his effort is straight at Casillas and comfortably saved.

Sergio Ramos flies into another rash challenge on Messi and is booked, underlining how difficult Real are finding it to contain him.

Drenthe cynically hacks at Messi’s legs and is booked, with the Argentine enduring heavy physical punishment throughout the half.

Salgado toe-pokes the ball away from Messi, and the loose ball runs to Eto’o whose shot flashes just over the Real Madrid crossbar.

Messi skips past Cannavaro, but before he can break free, Salgado slides in to halt his progress with a timely tackle.

After Henry’s strong hold-up play and a Real defensive mistake, Messi unleashes a twenty-yard shot that whistles just past Casillas’s near post.

Casillas produces a stunning double save, first parrying a long-range shot from Eto’o and then reacting quickly to deny Messi on the rebound.

In stoppage time, Henry unselfishly squares Messi through on goal, and Messi delicately chips over Casillas as Cannavaro’s desperate lunge only helps the ball over the line for Barcelona’s second.