"I was suspicious of Kim Min-jae... I was wrong" A quick reflection on the legend of winning the Champions League 5 times
Legendary centre-back Alessandro Costacurta (56) of Italy and AC Milan re-evaluated Kim Min-jae (26, SSC Napoli).
Costa Kurta appeared on Sky Sports in Italy on the 13th (Korean time) and said, "Last summer, Napoli would have thought that they had a good bet on Kim Min-jae and Hvicha Kvaratshelia. They were right." He was also recommended by his former teammates. But Kim Min-jae had to replace Khalidu Kulibali (31, Chelsea), so there were a lot of questions."
Costa Kurta, who played 663 matches for AC Milan alone, was a central back of the Milan Generation in the early 1990s, leading to seven Serie A titles and five UEFA Champions League titles. He also made a valuable achievement in the 1994 World Cup runner-up for the Italian national football team.
Even Costa Kurta was forced to change his mind by Naples' continued propaganda. It was a quick self-reflection that came out of a situation in which the season had not yet passed three months. Napoli are at the top of Serie A with 7 wins and 2 draws (23 points) in 9 matches as well as the Champions League. It was impossible to ignore the contribution of Kim Min-jae, who played 12 of Napoli's 13 games this season in 90 minutes full-time.
Costa Kurta said, "I was wrong. Now there is a wall behind Napoli. Not to mention the confidence that goalkeeper Alex Merrett gained (via Kim Min-jae and his defense)."
Again on this day, Kim Min-jae proved his presence by acting as a right center back for the first time in the absence of his partner Amir Rahmani. Minjae Kim played 90 minutes full-time as a right center back in the 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League Group A match at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples, Italy, helping Napoli to win Ajax 4-2. contributed
Napoli, who had won all four of the group stages, finished first in Group A with 12 points and secured a place in the round of 16. Italian media Arena Napoli said, "It took me a few minutes to get used to the right centre-back. Min-jae Kim conceded one (run) to Steven Bergwein (Ajax), but other than that, he intervened in every decisive scene and made a tie with him." It was rated 7 points.