Football Soccer - Werden Bremen v Hamburger - German Bundesliga - Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany - 28/11/15 Hamburger's Nicolai Mueller celebrates scoring the third goal REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hamburg SV winger Nicolai Mueller will be sidelined for about seven months and will need surgery after tearing a cruciate ligament while celebrating a goal during the side's opening Bundesliga game on Saturday.
The 29-year-old Mueller scored the only goal of the match against Augsburg but as he raced towards the corner flag to celebrate with fans he stumbled over it and fell, tearing his ligament in the process.
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