Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata, duels for the ball with Sporting de Gijon's Sergio Alvarez, during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Sporting de Gijon, at El Molinon stadium in Gijon, northern Spain, Sa.
Real Madrid were behind for less than three minutes, however, with Isco producing a wonderful piece of skill inside the Sporting box before picking out the top corner with a curling effort to level the scores in Gijon.
Real Madrid full-back Marcelo explained how "there is never an easy game" for the club after Saturday's 3-2 win at Sporting Gijon. A recent example that comes to mind is Madrid's match against Leganes.
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"Today was very important, considering where we were coming from". "The truth is I have not played much in the Champions League but I will take that as the team is close to the semifinals".
Left-back Filipe Luis then added his third goal in five games.
Sociedad got a goal back when Inigo Martinez's shot took deflections off Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen and defender Samuel Umtiti before going in.
"It'll be a great game", said Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti, who led Madrid to the 2014 title. In the Round of 16, Barcelona routed Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 to overhaul a 4-0 loss.
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China and the South China Sea are also likely topics when Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida joins the other ministers. Washington has a treaty alliance with Seoul and has more than 28 000 troops in the South to defend it from its neighbour.
"He will not be with us tomorrow, that is clear, after that we will see", Zidane said on Friday. "We have to improve that".
Meanwhile, Sporting remain mired in the relegation zone and will need a positive result against fellow basement-dwellers Osasuna next time out to keep dreams of top-flight football for next season alive.
Zidane admitted he feels bad for not giving Isco more playing time this season. First, from now until the end of the season Sporting will play for their lives, and there are enough examples of struggling teams that suddenly come to life when they looked like Segunda División material. He was the most active player in the pitch and in the last minutes he gave the victory for Los Blancos scoring his second personal goal with another brilliant play. "They went ahead on two occasions, but this is the spirit of Real Madrid and we have shown it once more". The goal came from the club's forward, Duje Cop, at minute 14 of the match.
Real equalised through a fine Isco strike just three minutes later.
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A looping header from Mikel Vesga put the Asturian side back in front five minutes into the second half.
"You know what I think of Isco, he is a player I like a lot and his place is here", said Zidane.
Real can't afford to rest on their laurels as they now prepare for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Bayern, a fixture made simpler by last Wednesday's 2-1 turnaround in Germany.
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