His blithering hat-trick took his team to a very dominating score line of 3-0 in the semi-final, first leg lead on Tuesday.
"Now we have to try to do something impossible, but since we are called Atletico Madrid, it may be possible for us to do it".
Even so, the four-time Ballon D'or victor was forced to plead with the Bernabeu crowd to stop jeering him during Madrid's demolition of Atletico last night. "This is the path we need to follow, where everyone is committed and ready to do their part".
Real are bidding to win their third Champions League crown in four seasons.
As expected, Isco took Gareth Bale's place in the Real Madrid staring XI and gave them extra depth and mobility in midfield, while left footed central defender, Lucas Hernandez was given the hard job of playing at right back for Atletico.
Chances were few and far between, but Ronaldo scored his second of the night after a pass from Karim Benzema with 17 minutes remaining. We're very happy with our performance, the three goals and, above all, to have kept a clean sheet here at home.
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There was one moment of concern for Golden State, though, as Curry appeared to tweak his ankle on a layup in the second half. The methodical, slow-you-down Jazz team making its first playoff appearance in five years couldn't keep pace in transition.
Simeone had to improvise by playing central defender Lucas Hernandez at right back, although that change didn't appear to affect Atletico too much.
Incidentally, Messi's 400th goal came back in April 2015 as he scored in the dying seconds of a 2-0 win over Valencia, a feat he achieved in just 471 matches.
Cristiano Ronaldo was adjudged player of the match.
When Real Madrid announced that Cristiano Ronaldo had scored his 400th goal for the club the claim was quickly refuted.
Their chances of overturning the deficit in next Wednesday's second leg are remote given the dominance of their hosts at the Bernabeu and given the fact they don't have a player of Ronaldo's class. It was my turn to score the goals, but the team was phenomenal, ' he added. The dominance we had on the pitch shows that the players are fresh. Football has unexpected things. "Until the last drip of hope is gone, we will give it everything we have".
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