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MADRID: Real ’s Portuguese forward (center) shoots to score a beside Atletico Madrid’s Montenegrin defender Stefan Savic (left) during the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg football match Real Madrid CF vs Club Atletico de Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium yesterday. — AFP Regal Ronaldo puts Real on verge of CL final

MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo proved their place before kick-off with chants ued to rain down on Oblak’s goal as Atletico Madrid’s Champions League of “kings of Europe” and a “how does it Luka Modric drilled a shot from the (CL) dream destroyer once more with feel” banner alongside a display of their edge of the box inches wide. And a hat-trick as Real Madrid took a com- 11 European Cups. Real piled on the Benzema then acrobatically turned a manding 3-0 semi-final, first leg lead pain in the opening stages for the 4,000 Ronaldo cross just over the bar. Atletico yesterday. Ronaldo extended his lead visiting away fans and could have killed enjoyed a better spell just before half- as the all-time top scorer in Madrid the tie in the opening half hour. time, but all they had to show for it was derby matches by taking his tally to 21 Atletico were handed a lucky escape on Diego Godin’s wayward volley after and put Real firmly on course to seven minutes when Jan Oblak parried being picked out by Antoine defend their title in the final in Cardiff ’s effort at the end of a Griezmann’s free-kick. on June 3. careering run and the Slovenian recov- Real suffered an injury blow right on The Portuguese rewarded a bright ered to also turn behind Karim half-time when Dani Carvajal pulled up Real start by heading home ’s Benzema’s follow-up effort. with a muscle problem that looks set to deflected cross after just 10 keep him out of the second leg. Clear- minutes.Ronaldo then smashed home No let off cut chances were far harder to come by from just inside the area and turned There was no let off three minutes after half-time as Atletico toiled to cre- home Lucas Vazquez’s cross in the final later, though, as Atletico failed to clear a ate, whilst Real sat on their lead waiting 20 minutes as Real continued their corner and Casemiro’s bouncing cross for the chance to counter-attack. domination of Atletico having eliminat- looped up for Ronaldo to power home However, once again in ties between ed them in the Champions League for a header. Oblak kept Atletico alive in the these two, Real got the slice of luck to the past three seasons. Real needed a moments that followed with a brilliant go with their extra quality. The ball stoppage time equalizer en route to save from Raphael Varane’s header and rebounded up perfectly off the heels of winning the 2014 final, scored a late more comfortable stop from . Filipe Luis for Ronaldo to blast high past winner in the quarter-finals a year later However, at the other end, Oblak. And Ronaldo completed his sec- and edged last season’s final on a rescued Real from conceding a vital ond hat-trick against Atletico this sea- penalty shootout. away goal when he got a touch on the son four minutes from time when Lucas However, there was far more a gulf ball as Kevin Gameiro tried to round Vazquez’s cutback picked out the four- between the sides this time round. The him when clean through on goal. time World Player of the Year to slot MADRID: Real Madrid’s Dani Carvajal jumps for the ball next to Atletico’s Saul Niguez during the Champions League semifinal first home fans made sure to put Atletico in The majority of the efforts contin- home from close range — AFP leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid yesterday. — AP Red Sox apologize for fans’ Free-scoring Monaco face wall of Juventus racial taunts toward Jones PARIS: Monaco have scored plenty of goals this season and boast one of European soccer’s most BOSTON: Boston Red Sox President Sam the behavior by fans “unacceptable and shame- exciting newcomers in striker Kylian Mbappe but Kennedy is apologizing for fans at Fenway Park ful.” “This is not what Massachusetts & Boston that might not be enough to break down the taunting Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam are about,” the tweet said. Jones, a five-time All- defensive wall of Juventus in the Champions Jones with racial slurs. Kennedy also apolo- Star, said he has been the subject of racist League semi-finals. Mbappe, 18, has scored 18 gized yesterday for a fan throwing peanuts at heckling in Boston’s ballpark before, but this goals in his last 18 competitive games, including Jones during Monday night’s game. He said the was one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has three in the 6-3 aggregate win over Borussia organization is “sickened by the conduct of an heard in his 12-year career, according to USA Dortmund in the last eight. ignorant few.” Today Sports. The pacy forward provides a symbol for the USA Today Sports reported that Red Sox rise of a fine counter-attacking team featuring officials confirmed that a fan threw a bag of other dangerous players such as Colombian peanuts at Jones and was ejected from the sta- marksman Radamel Falcao. It takes more than dium. “It’s pathetic,” Jones said. “It’s called a that, however, to impress Juventus, the tightest coward. What they need to do is that instead of defence in Europe’s top club competition with kicking them out of the stadium, they need to just two goals conceded in this campaign. “Even fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand. Barcelona could not score in two games against Something that really hurts somebody.” The them so it will be complicated for us”, Monaco’s Red Sox said they are reviewing what hap- Poland defender Kamil Glik said ahead of today’s pened at the game, but that any spectator first leg in the principality. behaving poorly forfeits the right to be in the The Italian champions, who advanced to the last ballpark and could be subject to further action. four with an aggregate 3-0 win over Barca, were The Orioles’ 5-2 victory marked the latest held to a 2-2 draw at Atalanta in a rare defensive TURIN: Juventus’ forward Paulo Dybala from Argentina (L), defender Daniel Alves from Brazil (2nd testy game between the AL East rivals this sea- mix-up in Serie A on Friday. Their pedigree and L), defender Giorgio Chiellini (C), forward Gonzalo Higuain from Argentina (2nd R) and record for being impregnable when it matters, CINCINNATI: This file photo taken on April 18, son, including a dustup in Baltimore a week Tomas Rincon from Venezuela (R) take part in a training session on the eve of the UEFA Champions however, suggest Juventus should be regarded as 2017 shows Adam Jones #10 of the Baltimore ago. In the teams’ previous meeting at Camden League football match Monaco Vs Juventus yesterday at the ‘Juventus Training Center ‘. — AFP the favorites. “Monaco have technical and tactical Orioles during the game against the Yards, Boston reliever Matt Barnes sent a pitch qualities as well as talented young players,” Monaco have shone in Europe and at home Monaco, by contrast, reached the Champions Cincinnati Reds. — AFP that whizzed behind Manny Machado’s head and hit the slugger’s bat. Barnes was suspend- Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “They do this season and their domestic title hopes League final only once, in 2004, losing 3-0 to a Jones, who is black, said he was “called the ed four games and fined. Machado had rankled not have the same history as Juventus but that received a welcome boost when a nervous PSG Porto side coached by Jose Mourinho after a great N-word a handful of times” in quotes reported the Red Sox with a hard slide into second base- does not mean it will be easy for us to make it to side lost 3-1 at Nice on Sunday, leaving the club run featuring wins over Real Madrid and Chelsea. by USA Today Sports and The Boston Globe. man Dustin Pedroia’s left leg two days earlier. the final”, he added. While Allegri can rely on a fully- from the French Riviera three points clear at the The sides have faced each other twice before on “It’s unfortunate that people need to resort to Pedroia missed a handful of games. Orioles fit squad, his Monaco counterpart Leonardo Jardim, top with a game in hand. Juventus, meanwhile, the Champions League stage with Juventus win- those type of epithets to degrade another pitcher Dylan Bundy hit Mookie Betts near the criticized for fielding a B-team in a 5-0 French Cup are closing in on a record sixth straight Serie A title ning both ties, in the 1998 semi-finals and the 2015 human being,” Jones said. Massachusetts Gov left hip with a fastball Monday night, prompt- semi-final thrashing by Paris St Germain last week, and can turn to their European history for inspira- quarters. Juventus have never been eliminated by Charlie Baker, in a tweet yesterday, also called ing loud boos. — AP has a defensive worry with midfield dynamo tion, having won the showcase club competition a French team in 11 previous meetings in Tiemoue Bakayoko doubtful due to a broken nose. twice, in 1985 and 1996. European club competitions. — Reuters