'Munich, disrespect to Korea again' Is there a bad feeling... Minjae Kim's discrimination, passing controversy, belated settlement → 'even coming'
'Munich, disrespect to Korea again' Is there a bad feeling... Minjae Kim's discrimination, passing controversy, belated settlement → 'even coming'
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Bayern Munich continues to make moves that are rarely understood.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen tied Freiburg 2-2 in the 32nd round of the German Bundesliga in the 2024/25 season at Europa Park Stadion in Freiburg, Germany on the 5th (Korea time).
Munich was the club that was most interested in this news. The Bundesliga championship was confirmed at the same time as Leverkusen added one more point. With all of its 32 matches played, Munich ranked first with 23 wins, seven draws and two losses (76 points). Leverkusen is trailing the team with 19 wins, 11 draws and two losses (68 points), but even if Munich loses all of its matches and Leverkusen wins all of its matches, its ranking remains unchanged.
Shortly thereafter, Munich uploaded a congratulatory message on the team's social network service (SNS). The problem was that some of the celebratory posters lacked the face of Kim Min-jae, the "winner."
In particular, 10 players appeared in the YouTube thumbnail posted by Munich, but Kim Min-jae's face could not be found. In fact, all the players contributed to the championship, so there was a question. There was even Kim Min-jae in the photo posted on the Munich club's website. Suspicions are inevitable that Kim Min-jae's photo was intentionally excluded.
In fact, soccer fans who saw it strongly protested, pointing out the repeated "Asian passing" in European soccer over the past few years. On Munich's SNS, there was an opinion that it should be corrected not only by domestic fans but also locally.
Perhaps conscious of the controversy, Munich put Kim Min-jae's photo in the YouTube thumbnail, which was pointed out as an issue on the morning of June 6. He also posted a photo of Kim Min-jae lifting the trophy in a traditional Korean kiln on the team's official Instagram channel, encouraging the team.
Munich said, "Congratulations on Minjae's first Bundesliga victory. His passion and dedication of 27 Bundesliga matches and 2,289 minutes gave Bayern Munich a great boost this season. Congratulations on your first Bundesliga championship and your first historical record as a Korean player 안전놀이터!" It may have been expected to end the controversy, but Munich made such a mistake, sparking anger among fans.
The club marked Kim Min-jae as the first Korean to win the Bundesliga in the post. This is not true. Jung Woo-young won the Bundesliga trophy for Munich in the 2018/19 season. It cannot be said that the weight was large, but he is a player who left his name on the winning record as he has an official playing record. There are a series of reactions that the club's official account has forgotten the existence of Jung Woo-young, as it is not enough to undermine the ball of Kim Min-jae, who ranked second in the Bundesliga's playing time within the team.