madrid real madrid new boy rafael van der vaart scored a hattrick to help the champions thrash promoted sporting gijon 71 in the primera liga on wednesday sporting were quickly on the back foot as netherlands midfielder van der vaart completed his hattrick in the 46th minute a brace from raul and further goals from gonzalo higuain and arjen robben completed a miserable four days for sporting gijon real climbed to second in the standings with nine points one behind villarreal who beat racing santander 20 with goals from joan capdevila and joseba llorente atletico madrid are third also with nine points after winning the city derby at getafe 21 sevillas beat espanyol 20