Kim Min-jae led Bayern Munich’s scoreless defense and recorded the best detailed record in the game.
Bayern Munich, a German team that played the fourth game of the 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League (UCL) at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, on the 7th (Korea time), beat Benfica of Portugal 1-0.
Bayern gave a breather as it broke its UCL losing streak to two wins and two losses. Having enjoyed two consecutive wins in the early stages, Benfica was cut off twice by its Korean team as it lost consecutive losses to Feyenoord and Bayern.
It was an important match for Bayern. It is common to expect a win against Benfica, but the UCL trend was not very good. In addition, the team had to show countermeasures on the level of how to attack and block counterattacks when the opponent explicitly backs down and protects. Benfica came out with solid defense as a five-back on the day.
While opening the opponent’s goal was Harry Kane’s help and Jamal Musiala’s header, the scoreless defense came from Kim Min-jae’s feet. Bayern had an overwhelming 24 shots fired versus one. Benfica striker Kerem Aktuokoulu had already scored three goals in the UCL, showing his destructive power in counterattacks. Effective defense was important.
In the 22nd minute of the second half, Kim Min-jae followed Benfica’s counterattack and blocked it neatly. Kim Min-jae cut off the pass that hit long into the space behind the defense. In front of Kim Min-jae, midfielder João Palinha defended, and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer popped out to block the ball that flowed behind the defense.
Kim had 92. percent of individual shares (second in competitions), 125 touches on the ball (third in competitions), and 113 accurate passes (second in competitions) and had a whopping 100 percent success rate of passes. It is an amazing record to have a 100 percent success rate by passing 113 passes.
The only regrettable thing is that he won only one out of three aerial ball competitions, but one of them was a header when he participated in the attack, and it did not lead to a team crisis because it was a record that came out of fierce competition with the opponent. 스포츠토토
It is also notable that he attempted tackles (including standing tackles) six times and succeeded in all of them. As Benfica defender Thomas Arauj also attempted tackles eight times and succeeded in all of them, Kim Min-jae was ranked second in this category. Arauj has been sought after by many big clubs since last year, and it is known that Coach Kongpani also sought to recruit him when he was at Burnley.
Kim Min-jae also recorded one interception and three clearings.
“Huscored,” which compiled the above records, saw Kim as the most valuable player in the game with a 7.9 rating. He edged ahead of 7.7 of Kane and Musiala, who scored goals and assists.
Another statistical service, “FOTMOB,” gave Kim 8.4 points and ranked him as the most valuable player. It was the same score as Kane, but Kim Min-jae was the most valuable player.