It is a Moment that Miguel Rodrigues recalls. Last Saturday, the 84 runs. Minute in the Derby against YB. The Thun are on the verge of major Coup against the master, as Sekou Sanogo crosses into the penalty area. Rodrigues doesn’t hit the Ball as intended, destroys the own goalkeeper Guillaume Faivre and leads to the defeat against Young Boys.

Would not have to bear the scene in front of a little more than half a year, would probably have a few of a symbol for the lake of Thun in the season spoken of. The Club are in a relegation battle, they had been duped by the injury-plagued unlucky. Today, however, this picture does not fit. Thun is playing successful and attractive as it is rare, and Rodrigues is support important Team in Central defence. His path was long and arduous.

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As a 17-Year-old under Rodrigues writes in June of 2014, his first professional contract with Servette, the Club he has also gone through the youth Department. He established the Grenats same as a regular player. Only six times he is in his first professional season on the court. Observers agree that the Junior national player spend his whole career at Servette, rather sooner than later in the Super League, or even abroad. But then, in a battle on 9. August in the game against Chiasso – the team against which he had made his debut half a year earlier for the first team Servettes – suffers Rodrigues’ promising career to an abrupt incision. Diagnosis: Cruciate Ligament Tear.

Nine months before he is back on the court. In return, he is now to attack and quickly back to the previous level. Succeed, he is again called to the regular player and four months later, in the circle of the Junior national team. However, in the career of Miguel Rodrigues, there is a second defining negative experience: 13.3.16, the home match against Cham, 31. Minute, a fight, a torn cruciate ligament, again in the left knee. “This was a very difficult Phase,” says Geneva. He puts himself in this Moment many questions: Why me, why now? And most importantly: Where would I be if the injury would not have happened? After the second setback, he remains in it, fights back.

After nearly a year, he is back on the square, in the Challenge League, Chiasso, Schaffhausen, Aarau. And he is happy about it. His original goal, to play as a 21-Year-old in the Super League, is because for the time being only secondary, the Important thing is to play ever again.

by now, the act of Rodrigues is in the case of players ‘ agents and Clubs, but with the stamp of the injury-prone bear of the past two cruciate ligament tears. A Transfer on the highest national level seems unlikely. Especially not a Super League Club is likely to take the risk to have Rodrigues in the case of a further serious breach in its ranks. None? FC Thun is different.

The managers provide him with a three-year contract, and show once more that the soccer world works in the Oberland something different, that also seems to have a probation Depreciated chance. “We have recognized its potential immediately,” says coach Marc Schneider, has planned for the Geneva as a fixed part of the young defence.

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It would not have fit, somehow, in his Vita, would be free of Rodrigues in Thun from the beginning complaint. The left knee trouble him. As a potential regular player brought in, he will, for the time being only regular guest of the Department of medicine. Rodrigues spends more time with the physiotherapists as the team-mates, what is the home in an environment where for the first Time in his career, French is the language of Communication is difficult, it is far from in addition, to integrate in the Team and relationships to the other players.

“wasn’t The first of the year,” says Rodrigues. His Chance is coming in October in the away game against Lucerne. He is convinced on the side of Nicola Sutter, as he is nominated Schneider for the first time from the beginning. Since then, he has played seven times in a row. It was really “the top,” says Rodrigues, and adds Proudly: “I never gave up and showed that you can do it even after two torn Cruciate ligaments in the Super League.” Also Schneider mentioned in the will as a positive attribute of the Portuguese-Swiss dual citizen. The coach says that the 22-Year-old physically improve must, praises his “good eye” and the “good feet”. Rodrigues part, however, sees a different body than crucial, he blows it after all the back but still managed: “It’s all a mind thing.”

(Berner Zeitung)

Created: 15.12.2018, 08:56 PM