Hat-tricks in quarter and semi-finals of Champions League. Maybe Ronaldo is the greatest?
His unstoppable strike from the edge of the box doubled Madrid’s lead and he completed his hat-trick shortly before the end
REAL MADRID 3 ATLETICO MADRID 0 A ruthless Cristiano Ronaldo scored a dazzling hat-trick to lead Real Madrid to a crushing 3-0 victory over city rivals Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday. The Portuguese forward put his team on the verge of their third final in four years and took his tally to 103 goals in the competition as he helped Madrid vanquish their neighbors at the Santiago Bernabeu. It was another demoralizing European defeat for Atletico at the hands of Real, who had beaten Diego Simeone's side in two of the competition's last three finals. The plaudits, however, belonged once again to the extraordinary Ronaldo, who followed up his hat-trick against Bayern Munich in the quarter-final second leg at the Bernabeu with another superb treble, his 42nd in all for Madrid. "It is great to have a player like Ronaldo. You need someone to score to get the result and he is unbelievable," Real midfielder Toni Kroos said, praising his team ma...
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