Ronaldo hat-trick

MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo demonstrated Atletico Madrid's Champions League destroyer yet again with a cap trap as Real Madrid took a summoning 3-0 semi-last, first leg lead on Tuesday.

Ronaldo broadened his lead as the unsurpassed top scorer in Madrid derby coordinates by taking his count to 21 and put Real immovably on course to guard their title in the last in Cardiff on June 3.

The Portuguese compensated a splendid Real begin by heading home Casemiro's avoided cross after only 10 minutes.

Ronaldo then crushed home from simply inside the range and turned home Lucas Vazquez's cross in the last 20 minutes as Real proceeded with their control of Atletico having killed them in the Champions League for as far back as three seasons.

"The group was huge. I scored the objectives however the group was extraordinary through and through," said Ronaldo.

The sides meet again for the second leg on May 10.

"We have a decent preferred standpoint yet the tie isn't over yet," included Ronaldo.

"Atletico are a decent side and it is not an incident they are in the semi-finals once more. We must be thought next Wednesday."

Atletico supervisor Diego Simeone, in the mean time, advised his side to overlook their most recent derby pulverization and seek after a supernatural occurrence at the last European match at their Vicente Calderon stadium one week from now.

"We have to disregard this amusement," said the Argentine.

"It appears to be unthinkable, however it is football and football has these surprising things that make it brilliant.

"Until the last trickle of expectation is gone, we will give it all that we have."

Genuine required a stoppage time equalizer on the way to beating Atletico in the 2014 last, scored a late victor in the quarter-finals a year later and edged last season's last between the two on a punishment shootout.

Nonetheless, there was much more an inlet between the sides this time round.

Genuine heaped on the torment in the opening stages for the 4,000 going by away fans and could have killed the tie in the opening half hour.

Atletico were given a fortunate escape on seven minutes when Jan Oblak parried Dani Carvajal's exertion toward the finish of a careering run and the Slovenian recouped to likewise turn behind Karim Benzema's subsequent exertion.