Madrid — Real Madrid will attack city rivals Atletico Madrid in their Champions League semifinal second leg and not sit back and defend their 3-0 lead as they chase a place in the final, says coach Zinedine Zidane. Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick in a dominant first leg display put the 11-times European champions on the brink of a third final in four years. "We’re going to approach the second leg just as any other game, to go out strong and give everything," Zidane said on the eve of Wednesday’s game at the Vicente Calderon. "We’ll see what happens then, but our aim won’t change, the result changes nothing and we’re going to try and score." The prospect of going out to pile more misery on Atletico will be music to the ears of Ronaldo, who has scored eight times in the last three Champions League games and hit a treble in the quarterfinal second leg against Bayern Munich. He has shone in games against Real’s neighbours this season, also scoring all three goals in their 3-0 win at Atlet...
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