Robin Pröpper suffered no significant damage in his collision with Lassina Traoré in Sunday’s away match against Ajax. The captain of Heracles left the field of the Johan Cruijff ArenA in tears.
Pröpper screamed to the grass twenty minutes before the end, and in frustration hit the ground several times with his fist. The 27-year-old defender tore a cruciate ligament more than two years ago and feared that he had suffered another serious knee injury.
However, an MRI scan showed on Tuesday that the damage appears to be very bad. “It has emerged that I came out unscathed. I did not expect that when you see the images again,” said a relieved Pröpper on Tuesday. website of Heracles.
“It is nice that my body appears to be so strong that it has absorbed the strange twist of my knee. I am very happy with the result. All in all, I did not scare myself and a lot of people for nothing.”
Pröpper says that after the collision with Traoré he walked off the field “in shock”, but that he soon got the feeling that it was less bad than feared. “I went in with the physiotherapist to quickly perform some tests to determine the damage. Fortunately, that seemed to be OK. Only an MRI scan was needed to give a definite answer.”
Heracles was 4-0 behind in Amsterdam when Pröpper left the field. The game ended in a 5-0 win for Ajax.
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