Kim joined the national team after finishing a league match in Bayern Munich. Kim showed off her omajaja presence.
Led by coach Hong Myung-bo, the South Korean national football team (23rd in FIFA ranking) will have a showdown with the Palestinians (96th in FIFA ranking) in the first round of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-China World Cup, which will take place at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. The team will then face Oman (76th in FIFA ranking) at 11 p.m. on Tuesday.
Earlier, the national team started its first official training session at Goyang Stadium at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Players who are active in Europe including Son Heung-min, Kim Min-jae and Lee Kang-in were not able to join the training session on Wednesday due to their matches. Nineteen players who are active in the K-League, Europe, the Middle East and Japan participated in the training session.
Training scheduled for 5 p.m. on Thursday as well. However, due to delayed joining of European players, the schedule was postponed to 7 p.m. After the training, team meetings were also planned, but the schedule was postponed to four days considering the training hours and fatigue of players arriving in Korea. The training was open to the public for about 20 minutes.
The atmosphere of Hong Myung-bo’s first training session was calmer than expected. The players needed time to adjust because there were also new faces such as Yang Min-hyuk, Hwang Moon-ki, Choi Woo-jin and Lee Han-beom. This training session was conducted as a whole. Kim Min-jae, Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in and Seol Young-woo, who played just before the match, also joined the team.
Kim Min-jae excited the mood of the training by chanting “choo!” He even played a joke on Seol. After heating up for the training, he clapped and cheered for her. Kim is famous as a mood maker at the training site. Kim also showed off her presence during the training.
Kim began his recovery training. He also worked with Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in, Hwang In-beom, Seol Young-woo, and Lee Han-beom, who have just returned home. After finishing the stretching, he rode a cycle and focused on recovery. 메이저놀이터
Kim played a league game in Munich right before the call-up of the national team. He started in the second round of the Bundesliga against Freiburg at 0:30 a.m. on Tuesday (Korea time) and played full time. Kim displayed stable defense and secured Munich’s back.
Kim Min-jae was not selected due to a knee injury during the A-match in June. He became the main player under Vincent Kompany this summer. Kim played many games from the pre-season and started three consecutive games. Attention is focusing on how Kim Min-jae will perform in the national team.