“Napoli Celebrates 1-0 Victory Against Fiorentina with Kim Min-jae Joining in the Festivities”

Napoli win 1-0 at home to Fiorentina… A grand celebration after the match

“The best defender in Asia has come to fulfill the dream of Diego Maradona and all Neapolitans!”

When Kim Min-jae appeared, the atmosphere of the ‘winning party’ was at its peak. The crowd chanted “Kim, Kim, Kim” and passionately expressed their gratitude to the “monster defender” from Korea.

Italian professional football Napoli played a regular league home game against Fiorentina at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy on the 8th (Korean time).

It was the first home game played after confirming their first Serie A title in 33 years in the Udinese expedition three days ago. After the game, a grand victory celebration was held.

Starting with the captain, Giovanni DiLorenzo, the main players of the championship were introduced in turn, from the goalkeeper to the striker.

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Kim Min-jae appeared as the 5th player among the field players wearing a ‘winning T-shirt’ with his face on it and being baptized with fireworks.

Responding with applause to the fans shouting ‘Kim!’, he proudly stepped onto the stage. He embraced his teammates and enjoyed the joy of winning again.

Kim Min-jae spent his debut season in Naples, ‘it couldn’t have been better’.

He was active from the beginning and quickly became the center of the team.

In September of last year, he was the first Asian player to be selected as the Serie A Player of the Month.

He appeared as a starter in 33 of the team’s 34 league games and played a central role in defense. Thanks to Kim Min-jae, Naples was able to play the ‘salty defense’ with the least points in the league.

In the match against Fiorentina that day, Kim Min-jae perfectly blocked the opponent’s attack.

He played full-time as a center back and recorded 10 kicks and 2 interceptions.

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He also did his part offensively, recording a pass success rate of 91% and a long pass success rate of 67%.

Napoli scored the winning goal from one of their two penalty kicks to beat Fiorentina 1-0.

In the first half extra time, Stanislav Lobotka scored a penalty, but kicker Victor Osimen’s shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, swallowing regret.

In the 29th minute of the second half, Hvica Kvarachhelia tried to break through inside the penalty area and got a foul.

Osimen, who was once again trusted by his teammates, managed to score with a calm shot to the right side of the goal this time.

Osimen has scored his 23rd league goal this season.

The Nigerian also scored 47 league goals, surpassing George Weah (Liberia) as the African player with the most goals in Serie A.

[전국매일신문] Reporter Kim Na-hyun
Nahyeon@jeonmae.co.kr

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