South Korea’s “Monster Defender” Kim Min-jae (28, Bayern Munich) showed his best performance. He led his team Munich to a thrilling victory with “no goals lost.”
Munich won 1-0 at home against Benfica of Portugal in the fourth round of the 2024-2025 European Champions League phase at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, at 5 a.m. on Sunday (Korea time). Munich has emerged from its slump in losing two consecutive UCL matches. It had two wins and two losses (6 points), jumping to 17th place.
The top striker Jamal Musiala scored the finishing goal for Munich. However, the best player was Kim Min-jae. While playing full-time, Kim defended himself with ironclad defense, including six tackles, three kickbacks, one interception, and one competition for a ball in the air. The pass success rate was 100 percent.
The opponent team, Benfica, is a prestigious Portuguese team and has famous players including Angel Dimaria, Henatu Sanchez and Artur Cabral. However, the team was blocked by Kim on the day, and ended up attempting a single shot. Whenever the opponent team staged counterattacks, Kim blocked it by banking on his stable defense.
The European soccer statistics media Footmob gave Kim the highest rating of 8.4. This is the game’s highest rating. It was higher than the 7.9 rating of Musiala, who scored the finisher. The same was true of other statistical media. Kim received the highest rating of 7.94.
Munich coach Bangsang Kompany brought up the 4-2-3-1 formation. Kim worked with French center back Dayo Upamecano as the starting pitcher. Alfonso Davis and Konrad Leimer also shared the four-back structure. Palinha, Joshua Kimmich and Serge Gnabry, Mussiala and Michael Olise were deployed at the second line. Harry Kane was deployed as the front-line striker.
Munich played a one-sided game on the day, recording a total of 24 shots. There were 10 effective shots. However, the team hardly scored. Gnabry’s last pass was inaccurate in the 27th minute of the first half, and Kane’s shot went straight to the goalkeeper in the 33rd minute of the first half. Kim Min-jae also connected a good pass to Kane in the 38th minute of the first half, but the team was blocked by Benfica’s defense.
In the second half, Munich took out Olise and put in Leroy Nase. It had the effect of changing the atmosphere. In the 22nd minute of the second half, Musiala scored the winning goal. Kane passed a cross from Sané on the right side with his head. Musiala, who had the lone chance, lightly pushed it in with a header. Munich’s attack continued afterwards, but failed to score an additional goal.
However, he didn’t even lose a point. Kim Min-jae showed off his strong defense until the end of the game. In the end, Munich earned three valuable points. 토토사이트
