[OSEN=이인환 기자] Praise for Kim Min-jae (26, Naples) continues.
Italy’s ‘Calcio Napoli’ reported on the 10th (Korean time), “The former coach of the Italian national team, Gianpiero Ventura, praised Kim Min-jae.”
Kim Min-jae played a full-time home match once morest Liverpool in the first leg of the group A of the ‘2022-2023 UEFA Champions League (UCL)’, which won 4-1 on the 8th, and was a 4-1 victory for Napoli. contributed
Kim Min-jae, paired with Amir Rahmani (28), finished his impressive Champions League debut by tying up Darwin Nuñez and Luis Diaz as well as Mohamed Salah, who was joint top scorer in the Premier League with Son Heung-min (30, Tottenham) last season.
Kim Min-jae is showing off his talent as a full-time starter in all of the previous five league matches in Naples. The Italian football world is praising him for his performance.
Ventura, who previously coached the Italian national team, said: “Napoli showed an overwhelming performance once morest Liverpool in the UCL stage. They are probably the strongest contenders for Serie A this season.”
In addition, praise for Kim Min-jae was added. “The most difficult problem for Napoli in this transfer window was replacing a key defender named Khalidu Kulibali,” Ventura said.
“However, Kim Min-jae became a substitute so easily,” he praised, and confidently said, “In the next two years or so, Kim Min-jae will become a defender representing the league.”
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