Ronaldo hat-trick as Real Madrid win derby

 　　MADRID, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid once again defeated local rivals¹ Atletico Madrid in the Vicente Calderon Stadium on Wednesday night.?

　　Ronaldo was at his best and scored two incredible² goals and a penalty³ to keep his side four points ahead of FC Barcelona at the top of the BBVA Primera Liga table.

　　Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho produced a surprise with Kaka in his starting line up and the Brazilian formed part of a very attacking Real side.

　　However, Atletico had the better of the opening minutes with Radamal Falcao forcing a good save from Iker Casillas after 10 minutes. On the whole, however, the home side were unable to turn their possession into shots as several crosses flashed across the Madrid area without finding⁴ either Falcao or Adrian Lopez.

　　Ronaldo then showed how effective he is after 25 minutes as he scored a 35 yard free kick which left Atletico keeper Courtois flat footed as it took a strange effect in flight.

　　Real Madrid then enjoyed their best moments of the game and Courtois reacted well to push a Ronaldo shot round the post before the break.

　　Falcao leveled the score after 54 minutes with a fine header from an Adrian cross and send the home fans wide with delight.

　　That goal meant Real Madrid were temporarily just two points ahead of FC Barcelona at the top of the table, but it was also the sign for them to take control of the game.

　　Ronaldo saw a shot saved low by Courtois and headed a free kick over the bar before putting his side back in front with another thunderous shot, which again deceived⁵ the Atletico keeper with its flight.

　　Ronaldo saw another chance saved by Courtois but completed his hat-trick after 38 minutes from the penalty spot after Godin had pushed Gonzalo Higuain in the back. It was his 40th league goal of the season and he could have made it 41 minutes later only for Courtois to stand up well to his shot.

　　It was left to Javier Callejon to round off the scoring with a low shot that the Atletico keeper could do nothing to save.

　　Wednesday's other games saw Valencia return to third place with a 4-1 win at home to Rayo Vallecano thanks to two goals from Jonas Goncalves and further strikes from Jordi Alba and Pablo Hernandez.

　　Levante slip out of the top four after a 3-2 defeat against Sporting Gijon, who kept hopes of avoiding relegation⁶ alive after coming back from 2-1 down. Sangoy scored the winning goal six minutes from time

　　Meanwhile late goals from Fernando Llorente and Markel Susaeta gave Atletico Club Bilbao a 2-2 draw away to Granada after Athletic⁷ had been trailing 2-0 with 10 minutes left to play.

　　As well as Barcelona's 4-0 win at home to Getafe, two other games were played on Tuesday. Real Sociedad and Betis drew 1-1, while Osasuna consolidated⁸ themselves in sixth place with a 2-0 win at home to Espanyol.

1 rivals   

竞争对手( rival的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• one of the President's chief rivals 总统的主要政敌之一
• She always managed to outsmart her political rivals. 她总有办法表现得比她的政敌智高一筹。

2 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

3 penalty   

n.处罚，刑罚，罚款

参考例句：

• If you knock the ball with your hand in football,you will suffer a penalty.如果在踢足球时你用手碰到球，你将受到处罚。
• One of those arrested could face the death penalty.被捕的那些人中有一人可能被判死刑。

4 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

5 deceived   

v.欺骗，蒙骗( deceive的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was absolutely furious at having been deceived. 她受了骗，怒不可遏。
• He deceived people for years until the police got onto him. 多年来他欺骗人们一直到警察识破他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 relegation   

n.驱逐，贬黜；降级

参考例句：

• Liaoning team lost this game, is still deeply avoid relegation zone. 辽宁队本场失利后，仍然深陷保级区。 来自互联网
• In society, relegation is based on your income. 社会上的规类是以你的收入为基准。 来自互联网

7 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

8 consolidated   

a.联合的

参考例句：

• With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。
• Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。