Celtic’s Nicolas Kuhn described his Champions League debut as “as the craziest thing I ever experienced” and says it reduced his friends to tears.
The Germany winger provided an assist for Kyogo Furuhashi in the 5-1 thumping of Slovan Bratislava on a night the Celtic Park atmosphere exceeded his expectations.
“Unbelievable. It was the craziest thing I ever experienced. It was amazing,” said 24-year-old Kuhn.
“It was a long journey and finally arriving in the Champions League at such a stadium was unreal.
“It was more than I expected. After the anthem it was so loud it was amazing. Everyone said they are special nights and I was really looking forward to it and now I can say I have played in a game here.
“A lot of friends were here and my girlfriend. [They thought it was] amazing. I think they were crying.”
Kuhn, who came through the ranks of RB Leipzig, Ajax and Bayern Munich, had twice played in qualifiers with Rapid Vienna but never reached the group stage.
“The goal was always to play in the Champions League,” he added.
“When I was on a year loan from Bayern [at Erzgebirge Aue], I said in the second league in Germany, the goal is Champions League and one day hopefully national team.
“I was 20-21, that was my goal and I didn’t care what other people said. It’s what I believe I can achieve and that was my feeling.”