REAL MADRID beat Atletico Madrid 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick.
Real Madrid have therefore put the tie well out of Atletico Madrid's reach with this emphatic win.
Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick on the night makes it a second consecutive hat-trick this season in Europe.
The machine-like efficiency with which Cristiano Ronaldo finds the target determined the outcome of the encounter. He was truly on fire in the encounter and defined an amazing performance to savour from Los Blancos. They outpowered and outclassed their local rivals right from the start and Save for a few short periods in which Atletico seemed to have a genuine chance at getting back at them, Real were dominant and could have scored many more had Ronaldo’s team mates been able to make full use of the opportunities they were presented with.
Atletico will need nothing short of a miracle to get back into this game now.
The hosts started the match with flurry of attacks before Sergio Ramos supplied a wonderful cross in the 10th minute and Ronaldo scored with a powerful header.
Koke had the chance to restore the parity in the 16th minute, but his effort was parried away by Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second goal in the 73rd minute after being set up by Frenchman Karim Benzema. The former Manchester United star netted his third goal in the 86th minute to give Real a deserved victory in-front of their faithfuls as they won 3-0.
REAL MADRID V ATLETICO MADRID
• Real Madrid target third Champions League final in four years
• Atletico Madrid furious over loss
• Cristiano Ronaldo (10') scored opener
• Ronaldo (73') volleyed home for 2-0
• Ronaldo (87') bagged his hat-trick
• Manchester United target Antoine Griezmann started for Atletico
Starting X1:
• Real Madrid XI: Navas, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Casemiro, Modric, Kroos, Isco, Ronaldo, Benzema.
• Atletico Madrid XI: Oblak, Savic, Godin, Hernandez, Filipe Luis, Koke, Gabi, Niguez, Carrasco, Griezmann, Gameiro.
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