Munich in Crisis, Defeats Lazio and Advances to UCL Quarterfinals… Kim Min-jae is Absent
Kim Min-jae, pushed out by Dyer… This is the first time that he has not been able to play due to reasons other than being called up or injured.
Bayern Munich, which is suffering from the worst slump in the German professional soccer Bundesliga, was relieved by advancing to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League (UCL).
Munich won 3-0 over Lazio (Italy) in the 2023-2024 UCL Round of 16 home game held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 6th (Korean time).
Munich, which lost 0-1 in the first game, came from behind to win the first and second games 3-1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals. 파워볼게임
‘Monster defender’ Kim Min-jae, a member of the Korean national team, stayed on the bench that day.
Eric Dier and Matthijs Delicht played as central defenders.
Previously, local media had predicted that Kim Min-jae would be on the candidate list behind Dyer.
This is the first time that Kim Min-jae, who wore the Munich uniform ahead of this season, has been absent for reasons other than being called up to the national team or due to injury.
Dier and De Licht received acceptable ratings.
They received 7.2 and 8.1 points from FootMob and 7.1 and 7.7 points from WhoScored.com, respectively.
Munich (54 points), who had been sluggish in the Bundesliga by staying in second place, 10 points behind leader Leverkusen (64 points), smiled for the first time in a long time by advancing to the quarterfinals with a comeback win.
Munich’s chances of winning the league are very slim, and in the German Football Association (DFB) Pokal, they were eliminated early in the second round after a shock loss to Saarbrücken of the third division, so if they fail in the UCL, there is a possibility that they will end up no match for the first time in 12 years.
For Munich, which always aims to win every competition, its current performance this season can be said to be humiliating.
The atmosphere in Munich was turbulent as they decided to leave the baton to manager Thomas Tuchel, whose original contract expires next summer, only until this summer, and search for a new head coach.
There were even predictions that if the team failed to advance to the UCL quarterfinals after losing to Lazio, coach Tuchel would be fired immediately.
‘Main gun’ Harry Kane led the way to Munich’s victory by scoring multiple goals.
In the 38th minute of the first half, Rafael Guerreiro’s right-footed shot from Thomas Müller’s backpass was missed and headed towards Kane, who finished the game with a diving header to score the first goal.
In the extra time of the first half, Thomas Müller scored an additional goal by getting his head into De Ligt’s shot from a corner kick situation.
In the 21st minute of the second half, Kane scored the key to a 3-0 victory.
When Leroy Jaune’s shot was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper, he shot again and hit the net once again.
Kane, who increased his score in the tournament to 6 goals, rose to the top of the scoring rankings with Kylian Mbappe, who scored multiple goals against Real Sociedad on the same day.