St. Georgen's captain Roland Harrasser suffers a torn cruciate ligament

On the last matchday before the winter break in the derby against SSV Brixen, less than 30 seconds had been played when a fatal duel broke out between Roland Harrasser and Martin Ritsch, in which the captain tore the cruciate ligament in his right knee. “Actually, at first I thought my tibia was broken. But our team doctor immediately gave the all-clear on this matter. I continued playing, but the knee twisted twice on its own after that - that's when I knew I had to get out," said Roland Harrasser on Monday.

Although Roland Harrasser has not yet had magnetic resonance performed, the doctors are 99 percent sure that the cruciate ligament has torn. “I'll do a magnetic resonance scan on Tuesday, after that I'll be sure. If the initial diagnosis is confirmed, I will have an operation in January. The season is over for me, but at least I could then start preparing for the coming season,” added the defender from St. Georgen.

This is already the second cruciate ligament tear for Harrasser

The 28-year-old does not blame his opponent Martin Ritsch from SSV Brixen, with whom he collided. “I heard that Martin felt guilty when he heard about my serious injury. But I wrote to him that it wasn’t his fault and that unfortunately something like that can happen in football,” Harraser continued.

This is the second serious injury of this kind for Harrasser. Seven and a half years ago he also tore his cruciate ligament, in his left knee. "It is a bit strange. On Sunday I had goosebumps when I read that Christian Rainer scored the winning goal for Obermais and heard it briefly. And today I injured my cruciate ligament again,” continues Harrasser.

In general, the “Jergina” are among the unlucky ones in the league this year when it comes to serious injuries. Like Harrasser, Alessio Orfanello tore a cruciate ligament, Alex Ziviani was out for weeks with a torn ankle ligament, Joey Filippin broke his collarbone and Joachim Degasperi collapsed suddenly and without any outside influence in Mori.

New year, new luck - that's what you can wish for last year's Serie D relegated team with their ongoing injury misery.

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St. Georgen's captain Roland Harrasser suffers a torn cruciate ligament

“Jergina's” bad luck with injuries just doesn't and doesn't want to end: On the last matchday of the first half of the season, the next player was hit: Captain Roland Harrasser tore a cruciate ligament.

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