Min-jae Kim started the match against AC Milan in the 7th round of Serie A 2022-2023 held at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy on the 19th (Korean time) and played full-time, leading the team to a 2-1 victory.
Kim Min-jae, who played as a center back for the four-backs, contributed to the first half ending 0-0, mainly by fighting fiercely with Olivier Giroud for the ball in the air.
While Minjae Kim and center back duo Amir Rahmani blocked AC Milan’s wave, the teammates took the lead in the 10th minute of the second half.
In the 6th minute of the second half, Hvica Kvarachelia broke through the left side of the penalty area and took a penalty kick, and Matteo Politano, who took the kick, calmly succeeded in the kick.
In the 24th minute of the second half, AC Milan also counterattacked with Giroud’s equalizer.
When Kim Min-jae turned his attention to Theo Hernandez, who drove the ball to the left of the penalty box, Giroud, who was momentarily free, received a cutback and shook the net.
Napoli took the lead by another goal with a header from Giovani Simeone 8 minutes later, and then went into a last-minute ‘stand out’ stance.
With 6 minutes of extra time given in the second half, AC Milan failed to score additional goals in the last attack because even the header of Brim Dias was blocked by Kim Min-jae, who quickly occupied the space.
According to Sofa Score, a soccer information site, AC Milan hit 22 shots, 13 more than Napoli (9), but they could not break through the Napoli defense led by Kim Min-jae and had to give up the game.
According to WhoScore.com, a soccer statistics site, Min-jae Kim kicked the ball 11 times, made three tackles, and blocked his opponent’s shots four times. All of them are the best on the team.
In addition, he tried the 41st pass and faithfully served as the starting point for the build-up.
WhoScore.com gave Kim Min-jae a rating of 7.4, the best in the team.
Sofa Score also gave the team’s highest score of 7.6.
Napoli (17 points, 5 wins, 2 draws), who had 3 straight victories with this victory, sprinted to the top. There has been no defeat since the start.
On the other hand, AC Milan (14 points, 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss), the winner of the previous season, who had been unbeaten in 6 matches (4 wins, 2 draws) before this match, fell to 5th place with their first defeat of the season. Yonhap News