Kim Min-jae played drums and pitched well in the “Korean Derby” against Lee Kang-in.
He not only defended against Japan but also scored the finishing goal to lead Bayern Munich to a 1-0 victory. Indeed, it was Kim Min-jae’s Day.
Munich, led by former Belgian world-class defender Bang Sang-Kompany, won 1-0 with Kim Min-jae’s winning goal in the fifth leg of the 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League phase against PSG at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 27th (Korea time).
Kim Min-jae was named the MVP of the game.
Munich took the Champions League title with two consecutive wins to rank 11th (three wins, two losses, nine points). On the other hand, PSG, which lost for two consecutive games, fell to 26th (one win, one draw and three losses, four points).
UEFA has changed the way it will compete with clubs starting this season. Instead of dividing teams into groups and holding a group league, the teams that advance to the finals are randomly selected and divided into eight teams through home-and-away competitions. Only teams ranking first through eighth out of the 36 teams will advance to the tournament. The ninth through 24th teams will have to go through the playoffs, while the 12 teams that will be eliminated.
For Munich, it greatly saved the possibility of going straight to the round of 16 by beating PSG, which advanced to the semifinals side by side in the Champions League last season.
The Korean derby between Kim Min-jae and Lee Kang-in also raised expectations in the match. As Lee Kang-in played as a substitute in the 19th minute of the second half, the Korean derby took place on the Champions League stage for the first time in 13 years since Manchester United’s Park Ji-sung and Basel’s Park Joo-ho met as enemies in a match between Manchester United and FC Basel in December 2011.
However, it was too much for Lee Kang-in to play with one less PSG due to the exit.
On the day, Munich played as a 4-2-3-1 formation. In addition to goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Alfonso Davis, Kim Min-jae, Dayo Upamecano and Konrat Reimer built defense. Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich protected defense, while Kingsley Coman, Jamal Musiala and Leroy Sané were at the second line. Harry Kane was on the front line.
The away team PSG faced off with a 4-3-3 format. Matvei Saponov, the goalkeeper, wore gloves, and Nunu Mendes, Willian Pacho, Marquignos, and Ashraf Hakimi formed the defense. Joao Neves, Vitinha, and Fabian Lewis defended the midfield. Bradley Barcola, Usman Dembele, and Warren Zaire-Emery were on the front line to score. Lee Kang-in waited on the bench.
Kim Min-jae blocked most of the PSG attacks and played a role in the attack. In the 6th minute of the first half, the attack began after Kim Min-jae joined the pressure, and Musiala scored an effective shot in the box.
In the 11th minute of the first half, Sane’s left footed shot came out from the right side of the box and headed straight to Saponov. In the 19th minute, PSG connected Dembele’s shot after successful forward pressure, but it was wide of the mark.
In the 28th minute of the first half, PSG again succeeded in pressing forward and counterattacked. A low cross came over from the left and Emery tried to shoot with her right foot, but it was completely missed and missed the opportunity.
In the 31st minute of the first half, Dembele attempted to break through the dribble in front of Kim Min-jae, and Kim Min-jae continued to follow, and Neuer’s super save came out.
Then Munich eventually scored the first goal in the 38th minute of the first half, and the main character was Kim Min-jae.
Munich got a corner from the left. Kim Mi-hi’s corner was curled into the near post and goalkeeper Matvei Saponov managed to hit it. However, it was not cleared properly and fell in front of Kim Min-jae, who was right in front of the goal.
Kim did not miss it and pushed it straight with his head. 카지노사이트 roared in front of his home fans right after scoring and shared the joy of scoring with his teammate Dayo Upamecano.
Kim Min-jae performed well in defense immediately after scoring and finished the first half without losing a point.
Munich, which started unchanged in the second half, stopped PSG’s attack as Kim Min-jae and Upamecano still blocked the center.
PSG ended up destroying itself. At 11 minutes in the second half, PSG was hit by a lot of bad news. Dembele made a rough tackle on Davis right after shooting and was sent off accumulated number of warnings. Having been given a warning due to unnecessary complaints in the first half, this was the butterfly effect.
Lee Kang-in made a Korean Derby in the 19th minute of the second half when he was replaced by Zaire-Emery. Lee Kang-in stepped up as a free-kick kicker shortly after the replacement and scored a sharp cross, but Nunu Mendes failed to touch it properly.
Both Munich and PSG chose to replace them in the 27th minute of the second half. Except for Comang and Sané, Serge Gnabry and Michael Olise were deployed for Munich. For PSG, Gonzalo Hamus returned from injury instead of Barcola.
In the 28th minute of the second half, Musiala attempted a sharp right-footed shot in front of the box, which hit Sapo Koep’s hand and hit the post.
In the 31st minute of the second half, Munich took out Musiala and deployed Thomas Muller to improve its stamina. Muller attempted a left-footed shot from inside the box in the 37th minute of the second half, but missed.
PSG tried to press forward strongly, but Munich tried to counterattack as they released all of them.
Four minutes of extra time was given.
PSG tried to cross until the end, but Kim Min-jae did not allow a run when he header the final cross and finished 1-0. Munich took seven scoreless wins and Kim Min-jae showed an overwhelming performance with an MVP-class performance.
Munich has three more matches to play against Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, Feyenoord of the Netherlands and Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia. As Hwang In-beom is playing for Feyenoord, another Korean derby is expected.
Through the match, Kim Min-jae made a remarkable start in all 18 official matches played by Munich this season. He is showing the true face of Korean defenders to the world by playing all the games accompanied by tremendous physical strength.
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