Kim Min-jae (27) scored his debut goal in the German professional football Bundesliga, leading his team Bayern Munich to victory. The goal and help were canceled once earlier, but it is a goal of tenacity obtained by constantly participating in the attack without giving up.
Munich defeated Stuttgart 3-0 at home in the 15th round of the Bundesliga in the 2023-24 season at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 18th (Korea time). Munich's flagship striker Harry Kane scored multiple goals and central defender Kim Min-jae scored one goal. Munich (35 points), which escaped the shock of a 1-5 defeat against Frankfurt in the 14th round on the 9th, ranked second in the league. It trailed the leading Leverkusen (39 points) by four points.
Munich, which took the lead with Kane's first goal in the second minute of the first half, scored an additional goal in the 25th minute of the first half. Kim Min-jae scored a heading goal. However, this goal was canceled as Kim Min-jae was declared offside after VAR. His Bundesliga debut goal was canceled. Kim Min-jae's bad luck continued. Thomas Muller dribbled through Kim Min-jae's pass in the 47th minute of the first half and shook the net with a right-footed shot. This time, the goal was canceled as Muller was ruled offside through VAR.
Despite consecutive cancellations of his goals, Kim persistently participated in the attack and scored an attack point. He assisted Kane in an additional goal with a header from a free kick situation in the 10th minute of the second half when Munich was leading 1-0. Kim Min-jae's first assist in the Bundesliga. He finally scored a goal in the 18th minute of the second half. Kim Min-jae connected Aleksandar Pavlovic's corner kick with an accurate header to score his team's third goal. His Bundesliga debut goal. He joined Munich this season. He also scored a valuable goal by challenging to the end despite one goal and one assist failure each.
Kim Min-jae also scored zero points in his day job in defense. He garnered applause from home fans for showing several scenes in which he chased down opponents and cut off attacks with explosive speed. Kim was highly appreciated by European soccer statistics websites. Huscoord.com gave Kim 8.8, the highest score ever recorded, to Kim Min-jae, which was higher than Kane (8.5), who scored two goals. SofaScore also gave Kim 8.3, higher than 8.2 points given to Kane and Alfonso Davis. With this, Kim has completely eliminated public criticism.
Criticism was raised against Kim Min-jae's performance amid poor performances by his fellow defenders, but he proved his skills by displaying strong performance in offense and defense on the day. Meanwhile, a "Korean Derby" was also made in which Kim Min-jae and Jung Woo-young faced off as substitutes for Stuttgart's Jung Woo-young at the 32nd minute in the second half.