National defender Kim Min-jae (26, Naples) contributed to his team’s win with a full-time performance.
Napoli won 4-1 in the 9th round of Italian professional football Serie A during the 2022-2023 season held at Giovanni Gini Stadium in Cremona, Italy on the 10th (Korean time).
After moving to Napoli this season, Kim Min-jae, who became the starting center back, was named in the starting list and played until the end of the game.
He played full-time except for one game in the regular season, and has also scored two goals in the league.
Napoli, who Kim Min-jae supported, took the lead with Matteo Politano’s penalty kick in the 26th minute of the first half.
In the 35th minute of the first half, Cremonese’s Siriel Desus broke into Napoli’s penalty area, but Min-jae Kim cleared the ball and overcame the risk of conceding.
Cremonese, who was led 0-1, eventually equalized with an equalizer from Desus in the second minute of the second half.
But Napoli slammed the onslaught and scored three goals.
Napoli scored the winning goal in the 31st minute of the second half.
As Mario Hui crossed from the left flank, Giovani Simeone flashed up from the opposite side and shook the net with a sharp header.
Then, in the 48th minute of the second half, Kvicha Kvaratskelia, who drove the ball, gave a short pass, and Irving Rossano scored the team’s third goal, and Matthias Olivera completed the three-goal victory two minutes later.
Napoli have maintained their sole lead (23 points) with 9 unbeaten matches (7 wins, 2 draws) since the start of the league, including 5 consecutive wins.
Cremonese, who has not yet won this season, is 19th (with 3 points, 3 draws and 6 losses).
Meanwhile, whoscore.com, a soccer statistics site, gave Min-jae Kim a rating of 7.4 following the game.
Kvaratskelia has the highest score with 7.9 points, Giovanni Di Lorenzo with 7.6 points, and Kim Min-jae, Amir Rahmani and Simeone (with 7.4 points) are next.
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