Local praise for Kim Min-jae (26, Napoli), the first Korean defender who advanced to Italian professional soccer Serie A, is continuing.
Fabio Cannavaro (49), former manager of Guangzhou Hengda, praised Kim Min-jae in an interview with Ilmartino, a local media in Naples, on the 8th (local time), saying, “He is fast and in good physical condition.”
He continued, “In some ways, there are parts that resemble me,” he said. “I was trained systematically like all Korean players.
Former manager Cannavaro is a legendary defender for Naples and the third Italian football hero to win the Ballon d’Or as an active defender.
Kim Min-jae also picked Cannavaro as his ‘role model’ at the press conference.
When asked by reporters if a Korean player had ever thought regarding being in charge of Napoli’s defense, he said, “It’s not surprising.
Korean football is growing, and Kim Min-jae also played in the Chinese league where I was coaching.”
Manager Cannavaro took office in Guangzhou in November 2017 and led the team for nearly four years, winning the 2019 Super League and the 2018 China Football Association Super Cup (FA Cup).
Kim Min-jae also played in the Chinese Super League as a member of Beijing Guoan from 2019 to last year and then advanced to Europe.
Gaetano Fontana, a local soccer leader who played for Naples during his active career, said he observed recent training, including a match once morest Espanyol, on Kiss Radio, the club’s official radio channel, “Kim Min-jae was quite impressive.”
“(Kim Min-jae) has innate leadership,” he said. “He can take risks while coping well with situations.”
Min-jae Kim, who started in a friendly match once morest Espanyol (Spain) held at the stadium of Castel di Sangro, the club’s field training site on the 7th, blocked the opponent who drove the ball and broke through one-on-one in the 12th minute of the second half, blocking the team’s goalless shooting opportunity. contributed to
Colleague Alessandro Chanoly, who worked with him, also said in an interview with Kiss-Kiss Napoli on the 6th, “Kim Min-jae’s physical strength and strength are really impressive.
On the 6th, Daniele Adani, a soccer critic from a professional player, evaluated Kim Min-jae as “a modern defender” in Gazeta dello Sport, Italy’s leading sports newspaper.
He said, “Kim Min-jae has attack power from the front, and sometimes he advances like a striker.
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