Kim Min-Jae (Bayern Munich) is expected to start.
Bayern Munich will face Lazio in the second leg of their 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on Saturday (June 6).
Lazio won the first leg 1-0.
Therefore, Bayern Munich will need to score at least two goals to advance to the quarterfinals.
Bayern Munich lost the first leg to Ciro Immobile on penalties after being outnumbered by Dayo Upamecano’s sending off. They will need to win the second leg at home to overturn the result.
The UCL is Bayern Munich’s only real chance at the trophy. They were knocked out early in the DFB-Pokal Cup by third-tier Saarbrücken and are 10 points behind leaders Leverkusen (64 points) in the league. A 12th consecutive Bundesliga defeat is now all but impossible, so the Bavarians will have to put everything on the line against Lazio.
Bayern Munich’s UCL match comes just four days after their match against Freiburg on February 2. They then face Mainz in the Bundesliga on the 9th, so the stakes are high. We need to keep our players fit because we are still in the race for the Bundesliga title.
“Tuchel will bench top defender Kim Min-jae,” Sport Bild reported on Friday, saying, “Bayern Munich already knew ahead of the UCL last-16 second leg against Lazio that ‘monster defender’ Kim Min-jae would start from the bench. He was already excluded from training ahead of the match against Lazio,” the report said.
“He is Bayern Munich’s most consistent central defender,” the report continued, “but he lost the competition to other defenders. Coach Tuchel believes that he lost the competition.”
This means that it’s very possible that the team will opt for a Dier-Der Licht pairing instead of a Kim-Minjae-Matthias der Licht pairing.
This season, Bayern Munich has used three central defensive players – Kim, De Ligt, and Upamecano – in the middle of the park. With Der Licht and Upamecano injured one after the other, it’s been a rotation between the two, with Kim Minjae as the starter.
Kicker, a German soccer publication, explained the need to leave Kim out against Lazio.
“The fact that Leon Goretzka and Kim Min-jae played poorly against 카지노 Freiburg and conceded the goal is something Thomas Tuchel can’t help. This shows that he needs to make some important decisions when selecting his starting XI against Lazio,” said Kicker.
“Kim Min-Jae is not a player who guarantees safety. The solution in central defense should be Der Licht and Dyer,” he added, stressing that Bayern Munich should drop Kim and start Der Licht and Dyer in this match.
Of course, there are also positive reactions.
UEFA predicted that Kim and Dyer would work well together. According to UEFA’s prediction, Harry Kane and Jamal Musial-Thomas Muller-Matthys Tell will lead the attack, while Leon Goretzka-Alexandar Pavlovic will form the midfield. Alfonso Davies, Kim Min-Jae, Dier, and Jozua Kimmich form the back four, with Manuel Neuer in goal.
The 90th minute saw the introduction of Min-Jae Kim and Der Licht. The other 10 spots were the same as in UEFA, except Dyer was replaced by Der Licht. Laciali also picked Kim and Der Licht to start.