National defender Kim Min-jae (26, Napoli) contributed to his team’s victory with a full-time performance.
Napoli won 4-1 in the 9th round of the Italian Serie A of professional football during the 2022-2023 season held at the Giovanni Gini Stadium in Cremona, Italy, the 10th (now Korean).
After moving to Napoli this season, Kim Min-jae, who became the starting center-back, was named on the starting list and played until the end of the match.
He played full time except one match in the regular season and also scored two league goals.
Napoli, supported by Kim Min-jae, took the lead with a penalty kick by Matteo Politano in the 26th minute of the first half.
At 35 ‘of the first half, Siriel Desus of Cremonese bursts into the Napoli penalty area, but Min-jae Kim rejects the ball and overcomes the risk of conceding a goal.
Cremonese, led 0-1, in the second minute of the second half equalized with Desus’s draw.
But Napoli slammed the assault and scored three goals.
Napoli scored the winning goal in the 31st minute of the second half.
While Mario Hui crosses from the left wing, Giovani Simeone sprints from the opposite side and shakes the net with a clear header.
Then, in the 48th minute of the second half, Kvicha Kvaratskelia, who led the ball, gave a short pass, and Irving Rossano scored the team’s third goal, and Matthias Olivera completed the win with three goals two minutes later.
Napoli have maintained their unique advantage (23 points) with 9 unbeaten games (7 wins, 2 draws) since the start of the championship, including 5 consecutive victories.
Cremonese, who has not yet won this season, is 19th (with 3 points, 3 draws and 6 defeats).
Meanwhile, whoscore.com, a football statistics site, gave Min-jae Kim a score of 7.4 after the game.
Kvaratskelia has the highest score with 7.9 points, Giovanni Di Lorenzo with 7.6 points, followed by Kim Min-jae, Amir Rahmani and Simeone (with 7.4 points).
/ yunhap news
