Kim Min-jae couldn’t laugh at his team’s defeat despite his surprising performance.
Bayern Munich lost to Barcelona 1-4 in the third round of the UEFA Champions League phase of 2024-25 at 4 a.m. on Monday (Korea time) at the Olympic Lyuis Kompanis in the Spanish city of Estadi. Munich lost to Aston Villa for the second straight time.
Munich operated a 4-2-3-1 formation. It consisted of Manuel Neuer, Alfonso Davis, Kim Minjae, Dayo Upamecano, Rafael Guerreiro, João Palinha, Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry, Thomas Muller, Michael Olise, and Harry Kane.
Kim Min-jae was only involved in losing points twice. He lost a point in less than a minute in the first half, but failed to clear a Fermin López pass, and Hafeeña finished the second half. Munich fought back. Harry Kane’s goal in the 11th minute was canceled as it was ruled offside, and Kane scored a pass given by Serge Gnabry in the 18th minute, making it 1-1.
Since then, Kim Min-jae has been stable, but he was involved in the loss again in the 36th minute of the first half. In a competition between Kim Min-jae and Fermin, the header flowed backward, and Fermin advanced and sent a pass. Robert Lewandowski finished, making it 2-1. Hafinya scored another goal, making it 3-1.
Hafinha scored a hat trick in the 10th minute of the second half to make it 4-1. Kim allowed four runs and was involved in lost points, but displayed stable overall performance and displayed good defense against Lewandowski. Despite Kim’s struggles, Munich swallowed its regret by failing to score a goal after the Kane goal. There was no change even after deploying a large number of strikers. 메이저놀이터
Munich lost 1-4. The soccer statistics magazine Sofa Score gave Kim a 7.3 point rating despite allowing four runs. Kim had the highest rating among defense players. On the day, Kim recorded one clearing, one block, three interceptions, three tackles, four wins in ground competition (six attempts), and 100 percent win in air ball competition (four attempts, four successful attempts).
He also excelled in build-up situations. He recorded 99 percent pass success rate (87 attempts, 86 successes), 101 touches, 10 long passes (11 attempts), and 1 dribble success. Despite his outstanding performance, he failed due to massive loss. Although Kim Min-jae was involved in losing points, more attention is focused on left and right fullback defense capability and Neuer’s disappointing performance.