AC Milan legendary defender Costa Kurta gave a thumbs up for Kim Min-jae’s performance
[골닷컴] Reporter Park Moon-soo = AC Milan’s legendary defender Alessandro Costacurta, who is currently working as a soccer panelist, praised Napoli’s key defender Kim Min-jae.
Costa Kurta praised Kim Min-jae, who scored the second goal of the season once morest Lazio through ‘Sky Sport Italia’ on the 4th (local time).
He said, “Kim Min-jae seems to be a very good player defensively. He is a player with intimidating qualities in the opposing camp. If you look at the replay scene once morest Lazio, his jumping ability is great,” he praised.
Kim Min-jae played full-time as the team’s central defender in the ‘2022/23 Italian Serie A 5th Round’ once morest Lazio on the morning of the 4th. In the 37th minute of the first half, he scored his second league goal with a header shot from a set-piece situation. Thanks to this, Napoli won 2-1 thanks to Hvizza’s comeback goal in the 15th minute of the second half. They continued their race for the top spot with three valuable points.
Napoli gave a thumbs up through the club’s official channel, saying ‘Il Mostro dei calci d’angolo’ (a monster of a corner kick) for Kim Min-jae’s equalizing goal once morest Lazio. After the match, the soccer statistics media ‘WhoScore.com’ gave Minjae Kim a rating of 7.6. He is the best defender.
Kim Min-jae, who also won by decision in the match once morest Serie A top scorer Immobile, will face Spezia on the followingnoon of the 10th.
Prior to this, on the morning of the 8th, the UEFA Champions League group stage match once morest Liverpool, the runner-up team last season, will be held at the ‘Stadio Diego Armando Maradona’. Fans are paying attention to whether Kim Min-jae’s performance will continue beyond Serie A and the UEFA Champions League.
Meanwhile, Costacurta is considered one of the best defenders in Milan history, along with Franco Baresi and Paulo Maldini. He made his professional debut with the Milan youth team and played only in Milan except for the 1986/87 season on loan to Monza.
He won the UEFA Champions League five times with Milan. As a member of the Azzurri Corps, he also played in several major tournaments. He was also a member of the Italian national team at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, where he helped runner-up. However, in the final once morest Brazil, he was ruled out due to accumulated warnings. He is currently a football panelist.