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| ◇Kim Min-jae started against Dynamo Zagreb in the first round of the 2024-2025 European Champions League phase at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 18th and played for 68 minutes until he was replaced by Eric Dier in the 23rd minute of the second half. The team won a record 9-2 victory, but received the lowest rating from the German media for providing the first run. Kim Min-jae warming up ahead of his first Champions match of the season. REUTERS Yonhap News |
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| ◇Kim Min-jae started against Dynamo Zagreb in the first round of the 2024-2025 European Champions League phase at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 18th and played for 68 minutes until he was replaced by Eric Dier in the 23rd minute of the second half. The team won a record 9-2 victory, but received the lowest rating from the German media for providing the first run. Kim Min-jae is competing for an aerial ball with his opponent. AP Yonhap News |
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| ◇Kim Min-jae started against Dynamo Zagreb in the first round of the 2024-2025 European Champions League phase at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 18th and played for 68 minutes until he was replaced by Eric Dier in the 23rd minute of the second half. The team won a record 9-2 victory, but received the lowest rating from the German media for providing the first run. Kim Min-jae marking the opponent's striker. AP Yonhap News |
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On the day Bayern Munich wrote the history of the European Champions League (UCL), Kim Min-jae could not smile broadly.
Kim Min-jae started in the first round of the 2024-2025 UCL League phase against Dynamo Zagreb at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 18th (Korea time) to support his team's 9-2 victory.
Munich set a new record for the most goals scored in a single game after the UCL reorganization by combining the port trick (4 goals) of main gun Harry Kane, the multi-goal of Michael Olise, Leroy Sane, Rafael Guerreiro, Leroy Sane and Leon Goretzka. Under the changed Champions system this season, he became the sole leader of the league phase on the first day.
Coach Bang Sang Kongpani, who left Burnley to take the helm of Munich this season, marked his UCL debut with a spectacular victory, wiping out the constant concern that `Kongpani is not Munich.'
Kane is the third Englishman to make more than two hat-tricks in the UCL after Andy Cole and Michael Owen, while Olise is the second Frenchman to make more than two goals in his UCL debut after Thierry Henry in 1997.
The evaluation of Kim Min-jae was not good. The German daily 『Built" gave four points, the lowest rating, to Kim Min-jae and his centerback partner, Dayot Upamakeno. Unlike Britain and Spain, the German media rates each player 1-5, which means that the higher the number, the lower the performance.
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| Kim Min-jae, Dynamo Zagreb heat map. Source = Sofa Score |
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'Built' commented briefly on Kim Min-jae "Missing the opponent in the first goal scene" Kim Min-jae missed Marco Piyacha's move near the near post in the third minute of the second half when his team was leading 3-0 with three goals in the first half. Bruno Petkovic scored a comeback goal for the ball given by Piyacha with a sensational back-foot kick.
Munich replaced injured goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the first half with Sven Ulreich before dedicating a multi-goal five minutes into the second half. Defensive instability following goalie changes caused consecutive runs, but 'Built' found the cause of the 3-0 score being 2-3 in the center back duo.
German media, such as 'Built'Kicker', often gave more harsh evaluations than public evaluations even in Kim Min-jae's first season in Munich.
The rating of the statistics company 'Sofascore' was also the lowest. Kim Min-jae earned a 6.2 rating. It is an unusually low rating considering the team's 9-2 victory. Upamecano had a score of 6.9.
The 6.2-point rating is the second-lowest after 5.8 against Wolfsburg, the season-opening league with two goals. Kim Min-jae scored 7.2 points in the league match against Holstein Kiel, who won a great 6-1 victory.
His 68-minute performance on the day was not very impressive. Kim Min-jae played 79 ball touches, showing a high pass success rate of 96%, but he tried five aerial ball contests and succeeded once, and had a 0% (two attempts) success rate on the ground. It allowed one dribble breakthrough, and there was no intercept tackle.
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The early replacement in the 24th minute of the second half with a 5-2 lead can be interpreted as a preparation for the next game. Coach Kongpani lowered Dyer to the bench this season and is using Kim Min-jae as the main center back. On this day, not only Kim Min-jae but also Jamal Musiala and Olise replaced them at the same time, arranging the physical strength of the main players. Kane, who remained on the field until the end, scored two more goals after Kim Min-jae retreated to the bench.
Munich, which has won all five games including the Cup, will go on an away trip to Werder Bremen (fourth round of the league) on the 21st.
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
