MSV Duisburg defeated FC Ingolstadt 2-1. There has been some discussion surrounding the Zebras’ winning goal. Former referee Babak Rafati clarifies the situation. if MSV Duisburg falls behind in the 3rd division, they turn the game around. Often late in the game, although that wasn’t necessary against FC Ingolstadt. Alexander Hahn decided the game in favor of the Zebras “already” after 84 minutes with a score of 2-1. However, there has been some debate surrounding the goal. Should the MSV captain’s header have been disallowed?

Former referee Babak Rafati addressed the question for “Liga3online.”

“There is no offside position on the corner because the ball comes from the goal line, and from there it can never be offside. Then a defender deflects the ball, and from there it bounces to Hahn, who then puts the ball in the goal. Because the last pass is decisive for the offside position and it was made by the defender, Meuer’s offside position is canceled out and is therefore not punishable, so it was the right decision to allow the goal,” he analyzes.

So everything was correct.

Even before the seventh win of the season, it was clear that MSV had had its best start to a season in 59 years of professional football. Despite falling behind, the vastly superior Zebras continued to play courageously up front against a harmless Ingolstadt side. “You can’t afford to draw a game like this, let alone lose it. In the end, it was well deserved, there’s no two ways about it,“ coach Dietmar Hirsch made clear to ”Magenta Sport” in light of the clear difference in chances. Now MSV has cemented this start. Twenty-two points from eight games, first place in the 3rd league, five points ahead of the closest pursuer and next opponent 1. FC Saarbrücken.

“We’re traveling to Saarbrücken as league leaders. And we deserve to be proud because our performance was very good again. We’ll celebrate briefly, recover, and then move on,” said Hirsch.