'Healthy Monster' Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) led the milestone.
Bayern won 3-0 in the ninth round of the German Bundesliga in the 2025-2026 season against Leverkusen at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 2nd (Korea time). Bayern has won all nine league games this season. It added three consecutive European Champions League wins, two consecutive German Football Association Cup (DFB Pokal) wins, and a German Super Cup victory over Stuttgart in August, continuing its 15-game winning streak since the opening. For the first time in Europe's top five leagues, he has recorded 15 consecutive wins since the opening. He increased his winning streak record by one game after winning 4-1 in the second round of the DFB Pokal against Cologne on the 30th of last month.
Kim Min-jae is at the center. Kim Min-jae played as a central defender along with Yonatantha. Tom Bischoff and Kontar Reimer stood on the left and right. Recently, Bayern has been making changes to its lineup every season, with a tight schedule leading to weekdays and weekends. In the process, Kim Min-jae is gradually increasing his playing time. Kim Min-jae, who had been undergoing condition management in the aftermath of his injury, has been playing full-time once every other game recently. On this day, Kim Min-jae played his fourth full-time game of the season.
Kim Min-jae led Bayern's offense and defense with a stable defense and accurate build-up. He showed good positioning and gave little chance to his opponent. In the 6th minute of the first half, he took the striker's ball directly from the gate, and in the 26th minute, he took the ball with his unique forward defense and created a counterattack opportunity. In the 39th and 45th minutes of the second half, at the end of the game, he completely controlled the opponent's counterattack with fast speed and amazing concentration. Kim Min-jae's aggressive defense led to a score. The ball that followed after Kim Min-jae blocked the opponent's attack in the 25th minute of the first half led to Serge Gnabry's score.
According to soccer statistics media 'Foot Mob', Kim Min-jae played 90 minutes on the day, played seven defensive acts, recorded three stealing, two interceptions, and one blocking. They were all first in the team. Recovery was second to goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the sixth. In the attack, he recorded 56 fewer passes than usual, but the final third pass, which poked him into the attack area, ranked second after Yujua Kimihi (17th), a key midfielder. In other words, he made a much more threatening play offensively. Kim Min-jae received a relatively compliant rating of 7.7.
Bayern excluded all of its key attacking trio, including Harry Kane, Michael Olise and Luis Díaz, from the starting line, but scored three goals in the first half alone with a strong performance and took the lead early on. Bayern scored the winning goal in the 25th minute of the first half. Kim Mi-hee connected the ball blocked by Kim Min-jae to Neuer, and Gnabry, who received Bischoff's through pass on the counterattack, finished with a right foot shot. Bayern, which gained momentum, pushed a cross from Reimer six minutes later to Nicola Jackson's header.
In the 43rd minute of the first half, Rafael Geheiro's cross hit Leverkusen defender Roik Bade's foot and still led to an own goal. Bayern prepared for the next game by putting Kane and Díaz in the second half and finished the complete victory. Bayern showed off its perfect performance to completely overwhelm Leverkusen, which has been the biggest obstacle to winning the league over the past two seasons, even while using various players in various positions.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
