This season at RCD Mallorca in the Spanish Primera Liga, Bedard Muriki, who boasts a perfect match with Lee Kang-in, showed his affection for Lee Kang-in.
On the 26th (Korean time),안전놀이터 Muriki wrote “My little brother!” along with a picture taken with Lee Kang-in on Instagram. Literally, ‘Brother’ was a Korean word.
In the 19th minute of the second half of the 2022-23 season against Valencia in the 36th round of the Spanish Primera Liga held at the Mallorca home Son Moi Stadium that day, Muriki scored by hitting Lee Kang-in’s cross to the head. Muriki’s opening goal led to the winning goal, which gave Mallorca a 1-0 victory.
▲ Muriki saved Mallorca from relegation.
▲ Muriki saved Mallorca from relegation.
Muriki joined Mallorca from SS Lazio (Italy) in the transfer window last winter.
Muriki’s joining was Mallorca’s salvation. Muriki led Mallorca’s dramatic survival with 5 goals and 3 assists in 16 games.
Muriki, who has completed adaptation in half a season, is playing an active role with Lee Kang-in, who has burst into his potential. In particular, like Son Heung-min and Kane, who jointly score a lot at Tottenham Hotspur, there were many scenes where the two players scored goals in Mallorca.
Muriki reported his first goal this season by finishing Lee Kang-in’s cross with his head in the match against Real Betis in the second round.
In the 5th round, he scored his 3rd goal of the season by hitting Lee Kang-in’s free kick in the head. Lee Kang-in contributed 5 assists this season until the game against Valencia, 3 of which helped Muriki.
Muriki also helped Lee Kang-in’s goal. In the match against Athletic Bilbao, Muriki handed a cutback to Lee Kang-in, and Lee Kang-in shook the net with his left foot. Lee Kang-in roared and fell into Muriki’s arms.
Muriki has scored 14 goals in 33 matches this season, placing him in fourth place in the Primera Liga. He follows Roberto Lewandowski (FC Barcelona, 23 goals), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, 18 goals), and Joseru (Espanol, 16 goals). It is close to the personal record of 17 goals scored in a single season in the 2018-19 season in the Turkiye Super League.
▲ Lee Kang-in played the ground until the 38th minute in the second half of the game against Valencia, his former team.
Lee Kang-in, who started as a wingback in the match, moved to his original midfielder position in the second half and helped the winning goal.
Footmob, a soccer statistics company, gave Lee Kang-in the highest rating of 8.1 among both teams, as he was on the ground until the 38th minute of the second half. Muriki scored 7.7 points. After the game, the Primera Liga official secretariat selected Lee Kang-in as the best player of the match.
Mallorca coach Javier Aguirre said of the decision to place Lee Kang-in as a left fullback, ‘It was my mistake. By using him as a wingback, Lee Kang-in’s role was limited to a large extent,” he admitted.
With the victory that day, Mallorca rose to 11th place with 47 points. am.