Holger Badstuber Jokes He Didn't Know How to Celebrate After First Ever Champions League Goal

​Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber has revealed he didn't quite know how to react when he headed in his team's fifth goal in the 7-0 demolition of Shakhtar Donetsk this week - his first in the Champions League and only his second ever for the first-team.

"It was a fantastic feeling. I don't score very often. I really didn't know how I should celebrate," the 26-year-old joked to Bayern's website afterwards.

"But the goal was just the icing on the cake, it was much more important that we made the next round," he continued. "If you've come away from the first leg with a dangerous result but go on to complete the job at home, it's obviously a great weight off your shoulders."

Badstuber is one of a number of home-grown players in the Bayern squad, rising through the ranks with Thomas Müller. But where Müller has become one of the biggest names in Europe, Badstuber has seen his career ravaged by injury.

He missed the entirety of the 2013/14 campaign and CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge reserved special praise for the way his player has come back to action.

"He's my personal hero. If you've had the year and a half he's had but keep coming back. He deserves all the support he's getting from the south terrace," Rummenigge said.

Bayern Injury Update

Mario Götze, Javi Martínez, Thiago, Holger Badstuber and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg have been watching Bayern’s latest games from the stands. They feel the ebb and flow of the play, and cheer on their team-mates, but none of the men on the injury roster is currently fit enough to play. All are working their way through sports rehabilitation programmes, aiming to resume squad training as soon as possible.

The most positive developments relate toMario Götze and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, as both are close to the end of sports rehab. The pair are currently working out individually with the ball, but if all goes according to plan, Götze and Hojbjerg should be able to join in parts of the squad workout in a couple of days. Götze turned an ankle in the Super Cup against Chelsea some three weeks ago, while Hojbjerg damaged ligaments while appearing for the reserves four weeks prior to that.

Javi Martínez will be out of action for a little while longer, as the Spaniard underwent surgery two and a half weeks ago to fix a persistent groin problem. Martínez is off crutches and has begun stamina-building running. “I’m feeling better with every passing day. I hope I can be back helping the team very soon,”

Dental surgery for Javi

Martinez is also working out in the performance centre on a series of stabilisation routines and strength-building exercises. No date has been set for the defensive specialist to resume the team programme, because this will depend on how quickly the affected groin recovers from the operation. Everything is going according to plan at the moment, although the player cannott train on Thursday and Friday due to dental surgery.

Javi’s fellow countryman Thiago, who underwent surgery on 26 August to repair an ankle injury, will wear a protective boot as planned for the next three weeks. The summer signing will commence his sports rehab programme after that. However, Thiago is still reporting daily to the Säbener Strasse facility, working on stabilisation and mobility with the club’s fitness coaches. He is also working out in the weights room, performing strengthening exercise aimed at rebuilding the muscles in his injured and uninjured legs.

Cruciate ligament victim Holger Badstuberis currently in the USA. The Germany international will undergo a last round of surgery on his damaged knee in the last week of September, before gradually taking up his sports rehab programme.