Kim Min-jae will start against Heidenheim + 14G consecutive full-time

Bayern Munich sought to win the last game ahead of the A match break in November with Kim Min-jae, who has been playing full time in the last 13 consecutive games.

Bayern Munich announced the starting list ahead of its 11th round match of the 2023/24 Bundesliga against FC Heidenheim at 11:30 p.m. on the 11th at the Ilianz Arena in Munich, Germany.

In the final game ahead of the A-match break in November, he invited promotion team Heidenheim to his home. Heidenheim won the 2. Bundesliga (second division) last season and succeeded in promoting the Bundesliga for the first time since the club's foundation.

Currently, Munich is in second place with 26 points (8 wins and 2 draws) in the past 10 games, and is fiercely chasing Bayer Leverkusen (28 points, 9 wins and 1 draw). Munich, which is seeking to become the leader by taking three points from Heidenheim, which is 13th in the league with 10 points (3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses), aimed at winning with Kim Min-jae.

The home team Munich put up a 4-2-3-1 formation. Manuel Neuer wore goalkeeper gloves, and Nusair Mazrawi, Kim Min-jae, Dayo Upamecano and Buna Sarr formed the back four. Konrad Reimer and Aleksandar Pavlovic kept the third term, while Serge Gnabry, Thomas Müller and Leroy Janne played in the second term. Harry Kane was named in the front-line one-top position.

Away team Heidenheim faced off 4-1-4-1. Kevin Muller defends the goal, and Jonas Feurenbach, Benedict Kimber, Patric Meinka and Omar Traore form the back four. Only Renard Maloney was placed in the third line, and Jan Niklas Veste, Jan Söfner, Norman Toyerkauf and Eren Dingchi will take charge in the second line. Finally, Tim Kleindinst is aiming for the Munich goal from the front line.

As everyone expected, Kim Min-jae was once again included in the starting lineup. Currently, Kim Min-jae's selection was expected as Matthijs Derricht recently ruptured his right knee ligament due to an injury and left the team for about four weeks, with only two remaining first-tier center backs being Kim Min-jae and Upamecano.

As a result, Kim Min-jae, who has been playing full-time for 13 consecutive games in Munich, has also been on the starting list, challenging full-time for 14 consecutive games. Kim Min-jae, who has been starting in all games since the opening of the Bundesliga, has never left the ground during a game since he was replaced in the 35th minute of the second half of the league against Augsburg in August.

Although Kim Min-jae is known to have relatively little physical burden among the positions except for the goalkeeper, some were concerned about Kim Min-jae's widowization as he continued to play full time as a starter while playing the UEFA Champions League or the DFB (German Football Federation)-Pokal Cup in parallel with the Bundesliga during the week.

Coach Thomas Tuchel, who leads Munich, also voiced concern about the "super-strong march" that Kim Min-jae is experiencing recently. "We have to wait to see if Leon Goretzka, Dayo Upamecano, and Rafael Guerreiro can play," he said, mentioning the current situation of the team before the game. "There are some players who have played so many games like Alfonso Davis and Kim Min-jae. We continue to talk with them," he said.

This is the first time Tuchel has admitted that Kim Min-jae has played many games. Coach Tuchel has mentioned praise for Kim Min-jae and some regrets, but has rarely mentioned Kim Min-jae's performance.

Kim Min-jae's overwork is expected to continue until the winter break in the middle of next month. However, Munich is also taking measures.

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German media Fusbal Transfer reported on the 8th (Korea Standard Time) that "Munich's priority in the winter transfer market" is Munich's transfer market plan.

"In January, the Munich sporting director should roll up his sleeves," said Fusbal Transfer. Munich will be busy in the coming weeks, especially for one position, and it is urgent to track down players internally quickly. His main task is to make up for the shortfall during the transfer window last summer. Munich has one clear priority," he said.

"The news is that Munich will certainly have a new central defender in January. Currently, Leon Gorska had to help the defensive line due to a lack of players, and quantitative improvement is needed ahead of important matches in the Bundesliga and Champions League. The center back has a very serious player situation, of which Kim Min-jae will be absent for several weeks in early 2024 because of the Asian Cup. He was the only center back in Munich who maintained his physical strength, he said, explaining that Munich will seek to reinforce the center back ahead of the situation where Kim Min-jae is also leaving.

A total of three leading candidates were mentioned by the media. Chelsea's Trevor Chalova, AC Milan defender Pierre Kalulu and Eric Dier, who are preparing to leave Tottenham, were picked.

Chalobah and Dyer were already mentioned as candidates for Munich in the transfer market last summer. Chalobah has recently suffered injury problems at Chelsea and has been completely pushed out of the starting lineup. Since it is a resource that Tuchel used well when he was at Chelsea, he can be used as both a center back and a right fullback after joining Munich.

Dyer was also unable to play due to the competition for the starting lineup at Tottenham. Although Christian Romero and Mickey Panderpen have recently left the game, it is difficult to play as the main players after the return of the two players, so they can ask for a transfer. In the case of Kalulu, it is not easy to recruit him immediately in the winter transfer market because he is a player with long-term injuries. 안전놀이터

Meanwhile, Kim Min-jae is scheduled to return home on the 13th to join the South Korean national soccer team led by Jurgen Klinsmann to play two consecutive games of "Singapore-China" in the second Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North and Central U.S. World Cup after the Heidenheim match. Ahead of the A match schedule, attention is focusing on whether Kim Min-jae will be able to lead Munich to the lead as he not only finished the game without injury but also won the game.