David Barral hopes his Levante side can capitalise on any hangover Rayo Vallecano might still be suffering after their 5-0 mauling at the hands of Atletico Madrid. Rayo started their campaign with a 3-0 victory over newly-promoted Elche but were brought crashing back to earth at the Vicente Calderon on Sunday and Barral believes that could work in his side's favour when the teams clash on Fri...Full Story »

Levante forward David Barral hopes his side can capitalise on any hangover Rayo Vallecano might still be suffering following their 5-0 derby mauling at the hands of Atletico Madrid last weekend. Rayo started their campaign with a 3-0 victory over newly-promoted Elche but were brought crashing back to earth at the Vicente Calderon on Sunday and Barral believes that could work in his side's favou...Full Story »

Sporting Gijon striker David Barral has highlighted this weekend's relegation clash with Real Zaragoza as the biggest match in his six-year stay with the club. Both sides are locked on 25 points at the bottom of the table, six points from safety, and with a full house expected at El Molinon, Barral believes this is the type of game that players should relish rather than fear. He told La Voz de...Full Story »

  Seydou Keita and Xavi struck in the last 11 minutes to earn 10-man Barcelona a nervy 3-1 home win over lowly Sporting Gijon that kept their La Liga title hopes alive on Saturday. With leading scorer Lionel Messi suspended for the first time in his career, the champions lacked a cutting edge until Andres Iniesta fired them in front just before halftime at the Nou Camp. The game was turn...Full Story »

Barcelona lurched to a much-needed 3-1 victory over lowly Sporting Gijon on a night they struggled for a cutting edge without Lionel Messi. With the Argentina playmaker suspended, Pep Guardiola's side had to rely on late goals from Seydou Keita and Xavi to secure a win that moved them seven points behind leaders Real Madrid. Barca looked in real danger of dropping yet more points when David Ba...Full Story »

Real Betis made it three straight wins with a 2-0 victory at home to nine-man Sporting Gijon in the Primera Division. On-loan striker Roque Santa Cruz scored the opener midway through the first half and substitute Jorge Molina made the points safe in injury time. Sporting played the entire second half a man light after Alberto Lora was sent off a minute before half-time after picking up two ...Full Story »

Sporting Gijon striker David Barral has revealed that Deportivo La Coruna players asked him to deliberately miss the penalty he scored in added time to rescue a 2-2 draw for his side in the Primera Division on Saturday. Deportivo had looked set to secure a vital win and move clear of the relegation zone, but were pegged back by Barral's spot-kick and are now in the bottom three with just three ...Full Story »

In-form Sporting Gijon followed up their stunning win over Real Madrid with a 1-0 victory against Osasuna that left the Asturian side within touching distance of Primera Division safety. David Barral struck the only goal of the game midway through the second half following a bad defensive error as Sporting made it three successive 1-0 wins and 13 points from their last five games. It also saw ...Full Story »

Sporting Gijon were left to rue a host of missed chances as they were held to a goalless draw by fellow Primera Division strugglers Real Zaragoza. Carmelo had a goal disallowed late on but Sporting only had themselves to blame after spurning a host of decent opportunities in registering their third straight draw. Real Zaragoza offered little after a promising opening but did at least get a poi...Full Story »