Kim Min-jae, who is seeking stability in Bayern Munich in the 2024-2025 German professional football Bundesliga, will also play as a pillar of defense in the newly launched “Hong Myung-bo.”
The South Korean national soccer team is scheduled to face Palestine in the first round of the third Asian qualifying round for the ‘2026 FIFA North-China World Cup’ at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 5th.
Kim Min-jae, who was excluded due to injury in the final 5th and 6th games of the second qualifying round held in June, was re-listed on the national team list for the second consecutive A matches in September.
Kim Min-jae, who suffered a crisis such as transfer rumors and release rumors as he was pushed out of the main competition in the second half of last season, started the new season with desperation.
Kim Min-jae, who started his first game of the season with the first round of the German Football Association (DFB) Pokal, contributed to a 4-0 victory by playing full-time against Ulm, the second division.
In particular, he showed good performance in various aspects of offense and defense, serving as a starting point for Thomas Muller’s second goal, raising expectations for his performance in the league.
However, in the first round match against Wolfsburg on the 25th, the league’s opening game, he gave up a chance to lose a point by making an unstable appearance, a judgment mistake, and a painful error.
At that time, the statistical media “Sopa Score” gave Kim Min-jae a rating of 5.8 points, the lowest score in both teams, and “Foot Mob” gave him a rating of 5.6, the lowest score in the team.
The slump did not last long.
Kim Min-jae led his team to a 2-0 home victory against Freiburg in the second round on the 2nd. He was not seen in the first round.
Kim Min-jae accurately cut off the ball entering the penalty box with fast speed and judgment, and even created a threatening scoring chance by passing a long pass to the opponent’s camp with a wide field of view.
Kim Min-jae, who played full-time for 90 minutes and finished the game without losing a point, received a 7.5 point rating from Sofa Score, the second highest evaluation after Serge Navri (7.8).
Now, Kim Min-jae is waiting for the first game against Palestine in Seoul on the 5th and an away game in Oman on the 10th.
The defensive list of the two consecutive national teams included Kim Min-jae, Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan) and Seol Young-woo (Zvezda), who have been working together so far, as well as unfamiliar faces.
Players with little A-match experience, including Lee Han-beom (Mit Willan), Choi Woo-jin (Incheon), and Hwang Moon-ki (Gangwon), including Cho Yoo-min (Sharja, 7 matches), Hwang Jae-won (Daegu, 2 matches), and Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan, 1 match), 먹튀검증 who will wear the national adult national team flag for the first time in their lives, will work with Kim Min-jae.
Except for Kim Min-jae and Kim Young-kwon, the player with the most experience in the national team is Jung Seung-hyun (Alwaseul), who played in a total of 25 games, including the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup.