Captain Hahn: Referee decisions bring MSV Duisburg in need!

Captain Hahn: Referee decisions bring MSV Duisburg in need!

The MSV Duisburg continues to fight with challenges in the Regionalliga West, especially with regard to the referee decisions. The team played against SC Paderborn II on Friday evening and was unable to win despite a balanced game. In the 51st minute, what the discussions were backed with: Can Coskun received a red card, the first for a Meiderich player in the current season. The referee Jan-Philipp Schöneiffen decided that Coskun went into a duel with Martin Ens with a high leg, which was incomprehensible to many observers.

Captain Alexander Hahn and the coach of the Paderborn team, Thomas Bertels, criticized the decision as too hard. MSV coach Dietmar Hirsch also expressed his doubts and described the decision as questionable. Despite the dismissal, the MSV Duisburg was unable to convince and continues to have difficulty stabilizing itself. This time the leader did not leave the pitch as a loser, but the lead over the competition could be at risk.

The referee debate

The discussion about referee decisions is not new in football. An example that indicates the problem occurred in the game against Waldhof Mannheim, which ended 1: 3. The crucial scene was the second yellow card for Duisburg's defender Joshua Bitter, which was given in added time for a supposed foul. Despite the fact that Bitter had played the ball, referee Florian Exner decided on foul. This decision led to strong reactions of the 10,582 spectators in the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, which reacted to the factual decision with whistles and "slide" calls.

Duisburg's managing director Sport, Ralf Heskamp, pointed out that Bitter had pushed the card forced due to an emotional outbreak after the whistle and not for the foul itself. Moritz Ststelkamp found the decision inexplicable and called her a "game -decisive scene". Here it becomes clear that emotions play a major role in football, but also that the fast pace of decisions often leads to the referees under pressure.

The pressure on the referees

referees in football are athletes who have to perform sporting achievements, similar to the players in the field. The decision -making process is complex and is often influenced by subjective perceptions. On average, referees make around 200 decisions per game, of which up to 20% can be considered wrong. This pressure is not less by the players, the coaches and the spectators, since emotions and expectations in the game often distort perception.

The referees are faced with the challenge of combining both physical and mental skills in order to make decisions that do justice to the game. With feedback and technological support, such as the video assistant, they try to improve the quality of their decisions. Regardless of the controversy, the pressure on the referees remains high; A fact that cannot be ignored at MSV Duisburg either.

With the next game on February 23 in Düsseldorf, where the MSV is again dependent on points, it will be exciting to observe how the team develops under these difficult conditions and what decisions the referees will make.