Coach Thomas Tuchel, who leads Bayern Munich

Eric Dier, who beat Kim Min-jae, is full of confidence.

Coach Thomas Tuchel, who leads Bayern Munich, said if he tries to get him back out of the starting lineup, he will actively refute it, citing his recent performance in the game.

They claim victory is the best combination. Just as Dyer was kicked out of Tottenham last winter, Dyer, who came on loan to Bayern Munich, took over Italy's Serie A defender Kim Min-jae two months after joining the team, to secure the starting position in Munich. "Tottenham's six-option defender is playing as the starting center back in Munich," he said, looking surprised.

In the meantime, Dyer is the first to indicate that he will not easily step down as a main player.

It is expected that fierce competition will be inevitable after the A match break in March with Kim Min-jae, who has been on the bench for the first time since he entered the professional league in 2017.

Dyer's remarks came right after the match against Darmstadt on Wednesday. According to an interview obtained by this newspaper, Dyer was asked after Munich beat Darmstadt 5-2 by a large margin, "Dyer and Matthijs Dericht are playing in a pair, and what would Tuchel say if he tries to change the situation?"

Dyer showed poor performance in the match against Darmstadt. Darmstadt is a team that ranks last in the Bundesliga this season and is highly likely to be demoted again in a year. However, he scored the first goal in the match against Munich through Dyer's mistake in the 29th minute of the first half. During the attack that led to the long kick of the goalkeeper, Dyer made a mistake in heading and dedicated himself to the attack.

He rushed in to make a tackle to prevent the subsequent attack, but failed again, which led to a major crisis. In the end, opposing striker Tim Shukarke scored the first goal.

Of course, Munich's offense was so strong that it scored five goals and won the game 5-2. However, Dyer's weakness was evident, as his focus was behind Christophe Wilhelmson, an opponent team's tall striker who is not quick in feet, and allowed him to break through. Due to his slowness, he failed to actively defend himself.

In reflection of this, Bild, a leading German newspaper, gave Dyer four points when grading players. German media give a player rating of one to six, and the lower the score, the better. Usually, a player gets three points when he or she plays an easy game, but Dyer did not get that score

In Munich, multi-goal protagonist Musiala got one point, while Kane, Aleksandar Pavlovic, and Manuel Neuer got two points. Matthijs Dericht, who is a duo with Dyer, got three points. Three defenders, Dyer, Joshua Kimmich, and Rafael Geheiro, got four points. Two second-line strikers, Thomas Muller and Leroy Zane, received the lowest five points.

RAN, a German media outlet, gave five points, the lowest among Munich players. The media said, "Eric Dier was uncertain in the first half. Darmstadt played well for 15 minutes in the first half and looked very bad in the first goal," adding, "It was the same in Darmstadt's second goal scene."

Germany's "TZ" also said, "It's far ahead of Kim Min-jae now, but I didn't play with confidence," adding, "Darmstadt got a golden opportunity because of the wrong pass, and allowed a run due to the wrong header and callous tackle. He endured well in the second half, but failed to reach the second point scene," adding that the team's lowest rating gave him four points.

Another media outlet "90min" gave Dyer four points, the lowest rating in the team, based on a score of 10. The media explained why Dyer gave the lowest rating, saying, "Dyer did not perform well in the first half, and he made Darmstadt's first chance with a wrong pass."

"Dier was much more stable in the second half, not letting himself derail," he said, adding, "However, just before the end of the game, he made another small mistake in the positioning and gave up a run."

Nevertheless, if Dyer starts, the winning rate is continuing. In particular, if Dyer and Duricht form a center-back combination together, the winning rate is good. Dyer played in 10 games since joining Munich, and started in eight of them. Munich has six wins, one draw and one loss in the games. Among them, Dyer and Duricht started together to record four consecutive wins.

In addition to the two, Munich also has two more center backs, Kim Min-jae and Dayo Upamecano, the French national team. The two players mostly played key roles in the first half of the year, but have now become backup players. In particular, Kim Min-jae, who almost played "single-handed defense" in the first half due to his knee injury, has seen his performance drop dramatically. Kim Min-jae allowed a run in all five games he started as a starter for Munich. His winning percentage was one win, one draw and three losses, which was quite sluggish compared to his name value in Munich.

Kim Min-jae's individual ability is second to none in Munich, but the German media is attacking this point because the winning rate is not good.

Dyer also argued that his selection should take place for the time being. Shortly after the match against Darmstadt, he pushed for Kim Min-jae's appointment. "Isn't Duricht paired up and winning? I'll give this as the best answer," he said. "If Duricht and I are doing something wrong, it's okay for Tuchel to change it."

"I can't even say anything to the coach. But now, me and Dericht are definitely producing results. This should be taken into consideration," he said.

Dyer also expressed pride in coach Tuchel's praise for "Dyer has good communication."

"I'm communicating hard on the field," Dyer said. "But it's different outside the field. I talk less and I'm quiet." 스포츠토토