Sheraldo Becker was the hero of the great victory that Real Sociedad achieved yesterday in Anoeta against Barcelona, as he was the author of the goal with which the three points were added, celebrated with a great party in the stands. The one from Amsterdam reconciled with the Txuriurdin fans, after they got angry with him for being involved in a nighttime altercation.
Becker was one of the three new additions that Imanol introduced to his starting teamwith respect to last Thursday, in a new opportunity for the Suriname international to improve the weak performance he was offering this year, in which he was not shining even remotely like when he did in the second part of last year, after arrive in the winter market.
The 11th of the txuriurdin had participated in 13 meetings, six of them since the beginning, the most recent more than a month ago, against Atlético de Madridwith a bad performancefew days after he had an altercation outside a nightclub of San Sebastián, two circumstances that caused the praise it received at the beginning of 2024 to become criticism in recent months.
The truth is that, after several games coming off the bench, Becker was again a starter and, after enduring the 25 very good first minutes of Barcelona, he appeared to take advantage of a great haircut by Sucic, with a slip from Cubarsí, to with a crack finish against Iñaki Peña to make it 1-0.
He touched the double in two shots
The one from Amsterdam could have even more significance in the meeting when, almost on the last play before the break, he received a balloon from Kubo and at first he sent it to him to Oyarzabalwho only crossed against Iñaki Peña a little more than he should have the ball, which came out grazing the right post of the visiting goal, forgiving Real's second goal.
Becker had the option to be even more the big star of the night as soon as he returned from the locker room, because he received another ball alone against Iñaki Peña, but he chose try Vaseline instead of running to provoke a one on one, but the finish it went into the goalkeeper's hands. A few minutes later, a ball arrived somewhat forcedly that he could not send into the net.
The former Union Berlin player was replaced in the 60th minute and received a standing ovation from an Anoeta stand who forgot their nighttime altercation when he headed towards the bench, from where after Cuadra Fernández's final whistle celebrated a triumph signed by him with a great party.
