In the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, the Bundesliga giant Bayern sat at the Allianz Arena at home to face the La Liga giants Real Madrid, Vinicius scored twice, Sane and Kane scored a goal each, Bayern was finally forced to draw by Real Madrid at home, and was at a disadvantage in the two-legged game.
Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel took the lead in this game, and his team used home advantage to press high against Real Madrid, who were tired of defending for a long time in the first half and could hardly pose a threat to Bayern's goal.
It wasn't until the 24th minute that Real Madrid's star players played a key role, with Bayern Munich veteran Kroos sending a master-level through ball in midfield, and Vinicius won the ball and quickly slotted into the box and scored.
In the second half, Sane scored an inside shot in the 53rd minute to help Bayern equalise, and then Musiala made a penalty and Kane scored to give Bayern a 2-1 lead.
Unfortunately, in the 83rd minute of the game, Rodrygo won a penalty in the opponent's penalty area, and Vinicius Jr. helped Real Madrid equalize in one fell swoop.
Looking back on this game, Bayern's attack was remarkable, and the forward line led by Kane and Musiala still posed a great threat to the Real Madrid backline. However, Bayern's backline was also at the mercy of Real Madrid's Brazilian twin stars Vinicius and Rodrygo, and made a series of mistakes, especially the performance of South Korean central defender Kim Min-jae.
Bayern's first goal, Kim Min-jae was taken out by Vinicius and attracted to the midfield, and he followed too closely and too forward, and when the Brazilian star received Kroos's through ball, Kim Min-jae could not keep up with the speed at all, Vinicius got the opportunity to face goalkeeper Neuer directly and easily scored the ball.
To the outrage of the home fans, Bayern's second goal was due to a mistake by Kim Min-jae. Although Rodrygo controlled the ball in the penalty area, Bayern had an absolute advantage in numbers with five defenses and two. Embarrassingly, after Kim Minjae was shaken by Rodrygo, his teammates had already helped defend in place, but he still stretched out his foot inexplicably, the Brazilian fell to the ground, the referee awarded a penalty, and Vinicius scored twice with a penalty.
Speaking to the media after the game, Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel also spoke about Kim Min-jae, who he believes the South Korean defender was still too aggressive in defence and made some unnecessary defensive moves.
In contrast to Tuchel's tactful criticism, Bayern fans have clearly struggled to control their emotions, and they have frantically accused Kim on social media, calling him a "liar" and demanding that Kim "get out", and some fans have even advised Bayern to "never go to Kim again".
To tell the truth, judging from Kim's career, it is not easy for him to represent Bayern in a top-level arena like the Champions League.
In 2019, Kim Min-jae, who was worth only 2 million euros at the time, joined Beijing Guoan of the Chinese Super League for a transfer fee of 5.25 million euros. After two years of service, Kim Min-jae joined Fenerbahce in the Turkish Super League for a transfer fee of 3 million euros. Just a year later, Kim's value skyrocketed, and he joined Serie A side Napoli for a transfer fee of 18.05 million euros.
In the 2022-23 season, Kim Min-jae helped Napoli regain the Serie A title after 33 years, but club president De Laurentiis decided to sell the South Korean defender to Bayern Munich for 50 million euros for long-term reasons.
Although Kim has had a number of opportunities under Thomas Tuchel this season, he has made 23 appearances for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga so far, 20 of them starts. However, after Bayern Munich suffered back-to-back defeats since the start of the year, Tuchel began to reuse the new transfer of Dier in the winter window, while Kim Min-jae has started to sit on the bench in recent games.
It is worth mentioning that in the first leg of the semi-final against Real Madrid, Tuchel dramatically gave Kim Min-jae the opportunity to start and play the whole game, which was also an opportunity for the South Korean defender to redeem himself, but it turned out to be embarrassing, and even directly led to Bayern's two goals.
What is certain is that after Tuchel leaves Bayern Munich this summer, the team will face a major purge, not only will there be a number of players leaving the midfield, but Kim Min-jae at the back will most likely not be favored by the new manager.
To tell the truth, Kim Min-jae's physical condition is still good, suitable for confrontation, and his header ability is okay, but he doesn't have any advantage in speed, and his reaction is slow, which is a nightmare when encountering dexterous strikers like Vinicius and Rodrygo, and in Bayern's tactical system of high pressing, Kim Min-jae's weakness of slow turning is also infinitely magnified.
If he could, Kim Min-jae would still be more suitable for a team that is good at defending and counter-attacking like Inter, as long as he is firmly optimistic about his one-acre three-point land, does not need to have too fast a speed, and rushes forward to grab a header when there is a set-piece opportunity.
However, Kim Min-jae is currently worth up to 55 million euros in Germany, and it is difficult to buy him out with Inter's financial situation, and if Bayern are willing, there is still a possibility that the Nerazzurri will use Kim Min-jae on loan for a season. After all, Inter's current lagging central defender Acerbi is as old as 36 years old, and his form may fall off a cliff at any time.