Martschinko burns on a heated derby

Christoph Martschinko, who has been a “Violet” for four and a half years, is about to play his tenth Viennese Derby (Sunday, 5pm), although his last derby was almost two and a half years ago because of a long knee injury: ‘I have only fond memories of the Allianz Stadium. It is always heated - I like these kinds of games.’

Martschinko already played three times in the Allianz Stadium on the left in the defence for Austria Wien, with two wins and a draw the Styrian looks back on a decent balance sheet. The played the 25-year-old played his last derby on August 6^th, 2017 in Hütteldorf (2-2), out of the starting line-up (Hadzikic; Stryger-Larsen, Westermann, Filipovic, Martschinko, Serbest, Grünwald, Holzhauser, Tajouri-Shradi, Friesenbichler, Pires) are otherwise only Grünwald and Serbest still with Austria Wien.

A cruciate ligament rupture put Christoph Martschinko out of action for one and a half years from October 2017 to February 2019. The first serious injury during his career has left its mark: ‘I learned a lot about my body and have certainly become more professional.’

Austria Wien’s confidence gave him more strength: ‘The club has given me great confidence in my most difficult time - I appreciate this a lot, it does not happen a lot nowadays. I feel very comfortable here, for me, the club always comes first.’ The long way back, which was paved with three knee operations, made the 25-year-olds more thoughtful as well:

‘As a professional football player, you train from a young age and continuously improve, not only your game but also physically you get better year by year - then comes an injury that puts you out of action for a year and a half and then you have start from the beginning. At the same time everyone expects you to be your old self immediately after. You need patience which I have least of all - I expect so much from myself,’ says Martschinko.

In the 5-0 home win against Hartberg the Styrian convinced with an immaculate duel rate (five out of five won) and four crosses out of the game: ‘I notice that I feel physically better from week to week,’ emphasizes Martschinko , who also welcomes the return to the 4-2-3-1 system:

‘It's the system that I master best and that makes me feel most comfortable. As a full-back I have a winger in front of me and I know exactly how to play the spaces.’

Martschinko almost participated in the historic 6-1 almost exactly a year ago. Originally his comeback after his long knee injury was planned at the home derby December 16^th, before a lumbago in his back. But now nothing should stand in the way of the tenth Viennese derby for Christoph Martschinko.

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