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"Monster Center Back" Kim Min-jae's team Bayern Munich has won all six official games since the opening.
On the 21st (Korea time), Michael Olise scored multiple goals in the fourth round of the German Bundesliga in the 2024-2025 season against Werder Bremen at Bremen Bejerstadion in Germany, and Harry Kane, Serge Navri and Jamal Musiala scored one goal each to win the 5-0 victory.
With this, Munich took the lead in all four league matches and 12 points since the opening. Munich, which was defeated by Leverkusen, which won the Bundesliga's first unbeaten championship in the 2023-2024 season and lost 12 consecutive league games, has made a great rebound with its new coach, Bangsang Kongpani.
He tied DFB Pokal and the European Champions League to win all six games. He showed off his overwhelming firepower by scoring a total of 29 goals in six games and conceding only five goals.
At the center is Kim Min-jae who is in his second year in Munich. From the match against Ulm (Pokal) to the match against Bremen, Kim Min-jae started six consecutive games with coach Kongpani's full trust, supporting the team's victory.
Kim Min-jae, who started as Dayot Upamecano's center back partner in the match against Bremen, played full-time in the 90th minute and contributed to a scoreless victory. Bremen did not shoot a single shot in 90 minutes.
Kim Min-jae contributed to a solid defense and a stable build-up, boasting a 100% success rate (two successes) of competition on the ground, three interceptions, two tackles, three clearings, and a 92% pass success rate (95 successes). In the 37th minute of the second half, when the team led 5-0, the goal was blocked with a perfect cut from the opponent's decisive chance in the Munich box.
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In the 4-2-3-1 formation, Kongpani had Kane as the top player and set up a second line of attack with Olise, Musiala and Kingsley Coman. Jozua Kimmich and Alexander Pavlovic built the midfield and made a four-back with Konrad Reimer, Upamecano, Kim Min-jae and Alfonso Davis. Sven Ulreich defended the goal.
Munich took the lead in the 23rd minute with Olise's quick first goal. He took Kane's pass and scored a calm shot into the net. In the 32nd minute, Olyse's cross to the right was scored by Musiala in front of the goal. The first half ended with Munich leading 2-0.
In the 11th minute of the second half, Munich scored its third goal in 12 minutes after trying to change the side by putting Navri instead of Comang and Rafael Guerreiro instead of Leimer. Kane, who showed his best skills at the beginning of the season, opened the goal with a sensational right-footed curl shot that stabbed the bottom right of the goal from the front of the arc.
Munich quickly widened the gap by five goals with consecutive goals from Olise and Nabri in the 15th minute of the second half. Considering the tight schedule, coach Kongpani put Leroy Sane, Thomas Muller and João Palinha out of Olise, Kane and Pavlovic. Kim Min-jae remained on the field until the end, supporting his team's shooting and scoreless victory. The Munich team and Kim Min-jae have definitely changed with the manager's change.
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
