'Why are you putting in a sick player!' Kim Min-jae 'Shock'Injured Fighters Questions "Not at the level of Bayern Munich"→"Dangerous Decisions for Reversal" Outrage

Aug 27, 2024

'Why are you putting in a sick player!' Kim Min-jae 'Shock'Injured Fighters Questions 'Not at the level of Bayern Munich'→'Dangerous Decisions for Reversal' Outrage
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'Why are you putting in a sick player!' Kim Min-jae 'Shock'Injured Fighters Questions 'Not at the level of Bayern Munich'→'Dangerous Decisions for Reversal' Outrage
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It's a shock. 'Monster Defender' Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) played with an injury. Germany also raised a question mark.

German media TZ reported on the 27th (Korea time) 'The reason for Kim Min-jae's sluggishness was belatedly revealed. He also played in the game with a thigh injury. He was replaced by Eric Dier in the 36th minute of the second half. On this day, Kim Minjae is all He started as a center back combination with Upamecano. Both players were sluggish. In particular, Kim Min-jae showed embarrassing plays. It was revealed late that Kim Min-jae played with a thigh injury. Kim Min-jae's participation in an injury situation is bound to raise questions. Last season, Kim Min-jae suffered from a tired body and minor injuries for a considerable period of time. Dyer was healthy, but it is hard to see why the coach insisted on Kim Min-jae's start. Dangerous decisions almost backfired, it reported.

Bayern Munich, led by head coach Vincent Kompany, won the opening match of the German Bundesliga 3-2 in the 2024-2025 season against Wolfsburg at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany on the 25th. Bayern Munich took the lead in the 19th minute with Jamal Musiala's first goal. However, Lovro Mayer lost points in a row and gave up the lead 1-2. However, he ended the victory with his opponent's own goal in the 20th minute of the second half and Serge Nabri's winning goal in the 37th minute of the second half.

Kim Min-jae stepped on the ground as a starter on the day. He made a few disappointing appearances. In the 7th minute of the first half, the pass attempted to Upamecano while exiting the opponent's pressure in the penalty area was read to the opponent. Upamecano quickly cleared him out of the crisis. Kim Min-jae made a dizzying mistake in the 10th minute of the second half when his team was 1-1 in a tight race. Wolfsburg Patrik Beamer intercepted Kim Min-jae's back pass near the center line. Beamer drove the ball in and passed it to Mayer. Mayer, who caught it, easily shot and turned the game around 2-1.

'Why are you putting in a sick player!' Kim Min-jae 'Shock'Injured Fighters Questions 'Not at the level of Bayern Munich'→'Dangerous Decisions for Reversal' Outrage
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Criticism poured in after the game. Soccer statistics media WhoscoredCOM gave Kim Min-jae the lowest rating of 5.3 points for both teams.

Rotar Mateus also criticized Kim Min-jae. In a column in the German version of Sky Sports, he said it is impossible to play as Kim Min-jae did in Naples (Italy). The play he showed at Bayern Munich is completely different. He doesn't even have strengths in tackles he showed at Napoli anymore. I don't mean to hurt Kim Min-jae's feelings. However, he is not able to play clean and quick passes at a particularly stable level. From the beginning, I didn't like that about Kim Min-jae. Kim Min-jae flicks the ball over. It's not the highest level of play for Bayern Munich that I expect.



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