Cristiano hat-trick hammers Ajax 4–1

LONDON — Real Madrid and Malaga coasted to their second successive victories in the European Champions League on Wednesday and rounded off a perfect four wins from four games for Spanish football sides in this week’s matches. Report by Sapa

Real hammered their by now traditional whipping boys Ajax 4-1 in Amsterdam  — which included somewhat surprisingly Cristiano Ronaldo’s first ever Champions League hat-trick — while Malaga continued their impressive start to their maiden campaign with a 3-0 away win at Anderlecht.

Both Barcelona and Valencia had won their games on Tuesday with the latter side the only one not to have the full complement of six points from the two games.

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