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Ronaldo hat-trick sinks Atletico

 

Real Madrid 3-0 Atletico This town. The eyes of this football world were for the Spanish capital on Wednesday evening, as Real Madrid managed city rivals Atletico Madrid within the first leg of this UEFA Champions League semi-final clash. Real have only reached one more twice from their past seven semi-final encounters, while Atletico have reached a European final - Champs League or Europa League - from all their last four semi-finals match-ups.More FIFA 18 XBOX Coins can help you.

Cristiano Ronaldo once again led by example to earn Real Madrid a commanding advantage of their UEFA Champions League semi-final following a 3-0 first-leg victory over city rivals Atletico Madrid with the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday evening.

The Portugal captain’s hat-trick underlined the dominant first-leg performance through Real, who made sure they're in the driving seat heading in the decisive second leg at the Vicente Calderon next week.

FIFA. com looks back at Tuesday's semi-final, first leg in photos. Watch how the action at the Santiago Bernabeu unfolded by clicking through the photo gallery above.