Bayern Munich's Germany defender Holger Badstuber has suffered another knee ligament injury just when he was battling to recover from exactly the same setback, the Champions League finalists confirmed Saturday. The 24-year-old centre-back, who has won 30 caps for Germany, originally tore the cruciate ligament in his right knee in Bayern's 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund last December. But he has now suffered a fresh tear in the same ligament while in rehabilitation and will be operated on by a specialist in Vail, Colorado, next week, his club confirmed.

Bayern Munich came from two goals down to seal a 4-3 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach, while their Champions League final opponents, Borussia Dortmund lost 2-1 at home to Hoffenheim on the final day of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Champions Bayern dug deep for their 29th league victory in 34 matches as Franck Ribery scored twice, then set up Arjen Robben for the winner after Gladbach had scored three goals in the opening 10 minutes.

J-League standings after Saturday's games (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Omiya Ardija 12 9 2 1 22 9 29 Yokohama Marinos 12 7 3 2 24 13 24 Urawa Red Diamonds 11 7 2 2 22 11 23 Kashima Antlers 12 6 4 2 18 15 22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 11 6 2 3 20 10 20 Cerezo Osaka 12 5 5 2 17 11 20 FC Tokyo 12 6 1 5 22 16 19

Daigo Watanabe scored one goal and assisted another to lead J-League leaders Omiya Ardija to a 2-1 win over Shonan Bellmare on Saturday as they stretched the lead in the standings. Watanabe sent a cross to the centre, where Slovenian international striker Zlatan Ljubijankic fired home from close range to open the scoring in the 15th minute. After Kazunari Ono made it 1-1 in the 18th minute, Omiya connected five passes for Watanabe's decider in the 81st minute.