Lee Jae-sung’s Mainz also loses 0-3 to second-tier side
German professional soccer Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich, which features South Korean defender Kim Min-jae, suffered a shock loss to a third-division team and an early exit from the German Football Association (DFB) Pokal.
The Bavarians fell 1-2 to FC Saarbrücken in the second round of the 2023-2024 DFB-Pokal at the Ludwigsparkstadion in Saarbrücken, Germany on Sunday (Feb. 2).
With the score tied at 1-1, Marcel Gauss scored the winning goal for Saarbrücken in second-half stoppage time.
With the loss, Munich, who hold the record for most wins in the competition (20), failed to win the title for the fourth consecutive season after the 2019-20 campaign.
Munich’s Kim Min-jae, who was recently named the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) International Player of the Year, started and played until the end of the game, but was unable to prevent his team from losing.
Kim has now played 11 consecutive full-time matches in official competition (seven in the regular season, three in the UEFA Cup and one in the Champions League).
International midfielder Lee Jae-sung’s Mainz were also eliminated as the second-tier side fell to a 0-3 defeat at Hertha Berlin.
Mainz, who are winless in their opening nine Bundesliga games (D3, L6), also failed to make it past the second round in the DFB-Pokal.
Lee Jae-Sung started the match and was on the pitch until he was replaced by Marco Richter in the 14th minute of the second half, but was unable to generate any offense. 카지노사이트존