They are 13 points clear of second place Inter Milan.
Kim Min-jae kicked 9 times, pass success rate 93.2%
Kim Min-jae (27), who is called the ‘iron pillar’ of Napoli, an Italian professional football team, played full-time and led the team to 4 consecutive victories. Napoli are on their way to the league title, well off second place.
Napoli won 2-1 against AS Roma in the 2022-2023 Italian Serie A round 18 home match held at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy on the 30th (Korea time).
Napoli went on a 15-match unbeaten run in the league after the opener, but it appeared to be slowing for a while as they lost to Inter Milan in the round of 16. However, they are on a 4 game winning streak and are on the rise.
On the 29th (local time), Min-jae Kim competes for the ball during the Serie A round of 18 match between Napoli and AS Roma at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy.
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On the 29th (local time), Min-jae Kim competes for the ball during the Serie A round of 18 match between Napoli and AS Roma at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy.
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The main Napoli (53 points), who recorded 17 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss with this victory, increased their chances of winning the championship by widening the gap with Inter Milan (13 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses , 40 points) in second place. place to 13 points. On the other hand, Roma (11 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses, 37 points) were competing with Lazio, Atalanta and AC Milan (38 points above), placed 3rd, 4th and 5th, maintaining 6th place without adding anything. points.
On this day, Kim Min-jae, who played as a central defender, showed a tight defense by matching his breath with Amir Rahmani.
According to Whoscored.com, a football statistics site, Kim Min-jae recorded the most kicks 9 times across the two teams. This is almost twice as much as Rachmanina and rival central defender Chris Smalling (more than 5 times). Kim Min-jae also had the highest number of shots in the shooting shirt category twice, and also made two successful tackles. He also recorded a pass success rate of 93.2%, the highest in the team, and played an active role from the back.
After the match, AS Roma coach Jose Mourinho said, “Is Paulo Dybala a disappointment? I don’t like to talk about individual players,” he said. “Kim Min-jae and Amir Rahmani are players with a very strong interpersonal defence. (Among them) Kim Min-jae is a great player.” In fact, three Roma stars, Dybala, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Tammy Abraham failed to record a single shot on target.
Coach Mourinho also mentioned Kim Min-jae in a pre-press conference on the 28th, and even made two or three video calls to recruit him when he was Tottenham coach, but he regretted that he had to give ‘the best to the unsatisfactory response of the club because he does not want to spend money.
Napoli took the lead with Victor Osimen’s goal in the 17th minute of the first half, but in the 30th minute of the second half Roma Stefan El Sharawi conceded a comeback goal. However, in the 41st minute of the second half, Giovanni Simeone’s winning goal clinched the victory.
Reporter Kim Dong-hyun
