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Cristiano Ronaldo Equals Lionel Messi's UEFA Champions League Record

Cristiano Ronaldo Equals Lionel Messi's UEFA Champions League Record

Ronaldo & Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo broke as many as four UEFA Champions League records on Tuesday night, and also equalled an impressive milestone set by his longstanding rival Lionel Messi.

Read: CR7 Breaks Four UCL Records Reaches Massive Real Landmark

The 32-year-old was the Man of the Match as Los Blancos beat crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid 3-0 in the first leg of their semi-final tie.

Ronaldo became the first player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League semi-finals since Robert Lewandowski did so back in 2012/13, and the first ever to score back-to-back hat-tricks in the knockout stages of the competition.

With his treble against Atletico, he took his overall hat-trick tally in the competition to seven – as many as Lionel Messi.

Overall, he has now scored 47 career hat-tricks, with 42 of the coming since he first donned the Los Blancos shirt. Messi, meanwhile, has netted 40 career triplets so far  three for Argentina and 37 for FC Barcelona.

Ronaldo also extended his own record for the most goals scored in Champions League history, netting strikes 101 to 103 on Tuesday night, while Messi is stuck on 94 goals.

The Portuguese's treble also extended two Real Madrid records. Los Blancos have now scored at least once in their past 59 games, with them last failing to score against Manchester City in the UCL semi-final last year.

Gallery: Ronaldo Show Stuns Atletico In Madrid Derby

In addition, they have also netted in their past 36 home games in the UCL, a run dating back to April 2011 when they failed to score against the Blaugrana at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Who do you think will finish with more UCL hat-tricks, Ronaldo or Messi? Have your say in the comments section below.

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