"She asked me if I scored if I could make this gesture and that it signified I love you", Isco said.
The 24-year-old opened the scoring in the tie for Madrid, equalising with a sublime effort on 17 minutes before later going on to strike in the dying moments and seal a crucial victory for his side.
During their meeting, Isco learnt how to say "I love you" in sign language, and the Madrid star paid homage to the awesome fans after finding the target. "He has shown with his performance that he is a great player".
Goalkeeper Keylor Navas has also been left out of Madrid's squad for the Sporting game, leaving Zidane with depleted numbers to choose from. "I want to stay a long time, many years, and I hope I do. It is the difficulty of this job, having to leave very good footballers on the bench, but I have to make decisions".
However, even without the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema, Real for the umpteenth time this season found a late victor to remain on course for a first La Liga title in five years.
REAL MARDID will stick with Zinedine Zidane as coach "no matter what" happens for the rest of the season.
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The onus is on them now, especially in the defensive and neutral zones, to compete as hard as the their opponent did in game one. The goal came 6:44 into the game. "This guy played games of tough playoff hockey past year in the Stanley Cup Final.
Xabi Prieto's neat finish in stoppage-time, though, did set up a tense second half with Barcelona eventually able to put themselves back into a winning mindset ahead of two key games next week for their ambitions both in Europe and LaLiga. With the team we have we can cause damage to any team.
Three minutes later, Real Madrid's midfielder, Francisco Roman Alarcon Suarez, commonly known as Isco, scored an equalizer.
"Zidane started the press conference talking about today's opponent, Sporting Gijón:" We knew this was going to be a very hard match because they needed the points.
Picking up the ball just past the halfway line, he ghosted past two opponents like they weren't even there before selling a cheeky dummy and then doing it again, sending two players clattering into each other.
If Bayern Munich is to have any chance of a sixth straight semifinal appearance in the Champions League it will have to do something that only one team has achieved this season - defeat Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. "Until the referee blows the full-time whistle it is not over".
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