CRISTIANO RONALDO STRUCK a second-half hat-trick to get Real Madrid’s Champions League campaign off to a perfect start against 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk.
After missing a good chance to open the scoring, Karim Benzema took advantage of a mistake from goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov to break the deadlock.
Shakhtar’s hopes of getting back into the game were hit as Taras Stepanenko was dismissed for a second bookable offence five minutes into the second half after bringing down Sergio Ramos.
And Ronaldo put the game to bed with two quickfire penalties before heading in from close-range to seal his hat-trick and eighth goal in two matches.
Ronaldo hat-trick gets Blancos off to perfect start
CRISTIANO RONALDO STRUCK a second-half hat-trick to get Real Madrid’s Champions League campaign off to a perfect start against 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk.
After missing a good chance to open the scoring, Karim Benzema took advantage of a mistake from goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov to break the deadlock.
Shakhtar’s hopes of getting back into the game were hit as Taras Stepanenko was dismissed for a second bookable offence five minutes into the second half after bringing down Sergio Ramos.
And Ronaldo put the game to bed with two quickfire penalties before heading in from close-range to seal his hat-trick and eighth goal in two matches.
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