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Badstuber celebrates winning return

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FC Bayern defender Holger Badstuber returned to action in his hometown of Memmingen on FridayNew signing Juan Bernat lined up against the Red Baroons fan club at the sold-out Fußball ArenaDavid Alaba netted twice, with 17-year-old Daniel Hägler also on target in the routine 3-0 win

Memmingen - After 594 days out through injury, Holger Badstuber made his long-awaited comeback in FC Bayern München's 3-0 summer friendly win over fan club Red Baroons Dietmannsried e.V. on Friday.

The 25-year-old defender was handed the captain's armband and completed 58 minutes of a decidedly one-sided encounter at the heart of a in his first appearance following cruciate ligament surgery.

Like father like son

Robert Lewandowski, Franck Ribery and Claudio Pizarro missed out, but there were debuts for summer signings Juan Bernat and Sebastian Rode alongside the more familiar faces of Tom Starke, Rafinha, David Alaba and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

18-year-old Lucas Scholl, son of legendary Bayern midfielder Mehmet, also completed the full 90 minutes, with the game itself wrapped up in the first half thanks to an Alaba brace and a well-taken effort from Under-19s midfielder Daniel Hägler.

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