On the 14th, Holstein Kiel defeated’The Living’ Munich in a full-time 120 minutes against Munich. Lee Jae-seong attempting a cross during a game. Holstein Kill Homepage
Lee Jae-sung (29) had a strong presence. Lee Jae-sung, who did his part in the 120-minute full-time shoot-out, took the lead in Holstein Kill’s’Giant Killing’.
Holstein Kiel, played by Lee Jae-sung, met Bayern Munich, the defending champion, at the home game of the DFB (German Football Association) Focal Round 2 (Round of 32) in the 2020-21 season held at Holstein-Stadion in Kiel, Germany on the 14th (Korean time). The result of a confrontation between Kiel in the 2nd Bundesliga (second division) and Munich, the strongest team in the Bundesliga (1st division) seemed self-evident.
However, Kiel drew a 2-2 draw in an overtime match and defeated Munich 6-5 in the penalty shootout. Munich, which has the record of winning the most (20 times) in the tournament, was eliminated by losing to a lower league team after losing in the quarter-finals against Alemania Aachen in the second division Bundesliga during the 2003-04 season.
Munich is the best Bundesliga team officially recognized. Munich achieved a treble (three crowns) last season by sweeping the Bundesliga and Pokal and the UEFA Champions League (UCL). No one expected that Munich, who had been heading for the treble for the second year in a row, would be caught by the second division team.
German Kickerji praised “Kill caused a sensation.” The kill players cheered wildly as if they had won. After the game, Thomas Müller of Munich laughed and asked about the atmosphere of the locker room when the German public broadcaster ARD reporter laughed and said, “Do you laugh? The atmosphere is as you imagined. We lost.”
Kill fought that well. In the 14th minute of the first half, after scoring the suspected offside opening goal to Sergios Nabri, Pin Bartels equalized in the 37th minute. After being dragged to 1-2, Hauke’s foot equalized the score in the second half of the extra time and dragged the game into an extension.
The Kiel players ended up on a penalty shootout, breaking the Munich goal guarded by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. In the 5-5 situation, Mark Roca failed to miss the opportunity and Bartels succeeded in a penalty shootout. The kill players jumped and enjoyed the thrilling victory. Kiel’s’Ace’ Lee Jae-seong was also at the center.
At a press conference the day before, Munich coach Hanji Flick expressed his caution, saying, “It is our players’ task to stop Lee Jae-sung.” Lee Jae-seong showed why he was a threatening player in the match against Munich. Starting as a one-top striker, he played full-time, leading offense and defense. One time in the first half shook Munich’s goal, but the offside declaration did not result in a goal.
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Lee Jae-seong shook the net as the fourth kicker in the penalty shootout at the crucial moment. The German daily newspaper Bilt said, “The two players of Kiel in the second half of the extension lay on the field with painful faces. Johannes van Den Berg and Lee Jae-seong did not move their legs properly while running for 116 minutes,” said “Lee Jae-sung as a penalty kicker. Then I transformed myself confidently, and I became one of the heroes.”
Meanwhile, Kill, who finished in the round of 16, is scheduled to face off against Baek Seung-ho’s team Darmstadt for a ticket to the quarterfinals.
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