Kim Min-jae Shines with Winning Goal Against PSG: Bayern Munich Star Receives Man of the Match Honors in UEFA Champions League

The winning goal in the league against PSG
Construction – outstanding performance in defense as well
Rating 8.2 points… Chosen as the best player
Lee Kang-in and ‘Korean Derby’ after 13 years

Kim Min-jae (pictured in the middle) of Bayern Munich (Germany) fires a header that leads to the opening goal in the 38th minute of the UEFA Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain (France) on the 27th Photo source: Bayern Munich Facebook The main defender of the Korean national football team Kim Min-jae (28) scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League. This was the first goal that won his team Bayern Munich (Germany).

Minjae Kim started as a starter in the home game of the 5th match of the 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League league stage against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG, France) on the 27th and led the team to a 1-0 victory by hit the net with a header in the 38th minute of the first half. Kim Min-jae stopped by directing the ball to kick in front of the goal when he failed to beat goalkeeper Matvey Safonov properly during a corner kick attack. It was Kim Min-jae’s first goal in the Champions League and his second goal this season. Minjae Kim scored his first goal of the season in a German Bundesliga match against Frankfurt on the 7th of last month.

Kim Min-jae, who entered the European stage by joining Fenerbahce (Turkey) in August 2021, moved to Munich last July after playing in Napoli (Italy) . He made his Champions League debut against Liverpool (England) in September 2022 when he was in Naples, and the game against PSG was his 23rd Champions League game . Kim Min-jae was chosen as the best player of the game. Munich’s captain, former goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (38), kissed Minjae Kim and picked him up as soon as the final whistle blew. This means that Kim Min-jae’s performance was excellent.

Kim Min-jae gives the home fans a ‘rooster party’ in the stands after scoring. Photo source: Facebook Bayern Munich Minjae Kim, who played full-time on this day, showed an excellent performance in build-up and defense, recording a success rate of 93.2% (59 attempts, 55 successes), two shots, and seven evictions. ‘Sofa Score’, a media organization that specializes in football statistics, gave Kim Min-jae a rating of 8.2, the highest rating among the players of both teams. Munich’s defensive line, supported by Kim Min-jae, recently extended the record of victories without a score in official matches to seven.

A ‘match between Korean players’ happened when Korean national team midfielder Lee Kang-in (23, PSG) entered the field as a substitute in the 20th minute of the second half of the match. It has been 13 years since Park Ji-sung of Manchester United (England) and Park Joo-ho of FC Basel (Switzerland) met in the group stage in December 2011. PSG, who had Ousmane Dembele had to off in the 12th minute of the second half to collect warnings, to be satisfied without conceding an additional goal.

In this season’s Champions League, where the number of teams participating in the finals has increased from 32 to 36, each team will play 8 league level matches, and the best 8 teams will go on advance directly to the round of 16. The 9th to 24th teams will take part in the playoffs, of which 8 will enter the round of 16. On the 27th, Munich is 11th with 9 points (3 wins, 2 losses), and PSG is 26th with 4 points (1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses).

Manchester City (England, Man City) could not keep their 3-goal lead on this day and drew 3-3 with Feyenoord (Netherlands). Manchester City, who had lost a series of 5 in official games, broke away from their losing streak, but they failed to turn the situation around by losing out on a win them already. Manchester City, who were leading 3-0, conceded three goals between the 30th and 14th minutes of the second half. According to Opta, a sports statistics company, this is the first time in 35 years since 1989 that Manchester City have not won despite leading by three goals.

Robert Lewandowski (36) from Barcelona (Spain) became the third player in Champions League history to surpass 100 career goals. Lewandowski scored his 100th and 101st career goals consecutively in the match against Brest (France) today, leading the team to a 3-0 victory. Before that, Cristiano Ronaldo (39, Al-Nasr, 141 goals) and Lionel Messi (37, Inter Miami, 129 goals) were the first to reach the milestone of 100 goals.