Armaghani: Statistically, the national team has improved compared to the past.

According to the sports reporter of Fars News Agency, Saeed Armaghani, the head coach of the national basketball team, stated in a press conference: “The preparation of the national team is more difficult compared to the club, and due to the lack of time, we cannot improve the individual techniques of the players and physically Let’s make good conditions. In Europe, physical improvement takes place in the same 10 months of being in the club. Our task is to ensure that the physical conditions of the players do not deteriorate.

He continued: I think we made the most of the time we had and succeeded to some extent. When I joined the national team, I said that Iran’s basketball has been at a high level in the last decade, but our golden generation is on the verge of extinction, and we must bring in the new generation little by little. We have to take this step and in the first round we managed to add two or three young players.

He announced that he wanted to fix three factors upon arrival and said: The first was to form a good and cohesive team. It was heard that the solidarity among the players had faded and I spoke with Haddadi, Arslan Laghari and Jamshidi to be on the same path. Everyone tried their best and I can’t say anything bad and they gave their all. The second was loose balls, which have been a problem for years. In 2019, the Dez national team lost 16.20 percent of the ball in each game and it was 19.70 percent in the Olympics, which was not good. In the first 4 games of the selection window, you lost 14.24 percent of the ball, and the number of women that I took charge decreased to 10 and reached 13 in the Asian Cup.

The head coach of the national basketball team said: The next issue that I emphasized a lot and is our main problem was the penalty shootout. 69% Olympic World Cup 63%. In the first 4 games, the window was 61.8% and in the last two games, the window was 56.5%. But in the Asian Cup, 75% of goals have been scored. It is rare to reach this percentage. In the game with Zapen, we had 90% successful penalty kicks, which may have been unprecedented. Arslan Kazemi had 42.14 kicks in the league and 66% in the Asian Cup. When he entered the camp, we worked with him and this player was very serious and got results. These were the statistics that were recorded.

Armaghani said: We base our basketball work on defense, and any team that defends well will also attack well. In these two months, we worked a lot and took the defense to the whole field. I hope you have seen that our team became more aggressive in defense and we had a good attack as well. However, we have a lot of room to improve.

He continued: The criticism was that the influence of the players is different, but this is completely normal. In Australia, the impact of one player was 128 and the player Dicker was 2, which showed the difference of 126. Or the Jordanian player was 139 and the other was 6. Effective players in attack are highly effective. Of course, it is a series of movements that cannot be seen in the effective percentage. For example, Sajjad Al-Babean completely removed the Syrian American player from the game.

Regarding the criticisms of the national team coaches, he said: I have full faith in my colleagues and they were all working hard. From the beginning, Zlatko was only supposed to come for one window, and then he went to Slovenia and there was no problem.

Armaghani pointed out that they said that Jordan is second class in Asia, and emphasized: It is no longer the case and everyone is progressing. Australia beat Lebanon in the final with only two points. Jordan was ahead of New Zealand in the semi-finals even though they did not have two of their players.

The head coach of the national basketball team said about the World Cup: We are not yet disappointed in advancing to the World Cup. We have 6 games, three of which are at home, and we must win at least the home games. Kazakhstan is one win ahead of us, and so are Australia, China and Japan. We try to use all the powers. If, God forbid, we don’t succeed in going to the World Cup, we still have to continue this process and nurture the new generation in order to have a good future.

He said: Yes, I am satisfied, and we have improved match by match. The night before the match with Jordan, Behnam Cheghleri’s leg was twisted and I didn’t think he would make it, and the doctor tried very hard. That’s why I call him a magician who brought Behnam to that condition. He and all the children were zealous. The way it was reflected to us was that before the game against Jordan, everyone thought that we have a very cohesive team on the field and the style of play has changed. In the Jordan game and before that, things happened that we lost the game. The Jordan player shot from 8 meters, which was strange and gave them strength.

About you, Armaghani gave statistics about the World Cup and the Olympics and why we did not go to the Asia Cup with the youth team and what was the need for Hada’s presence, he emphasized: If I gave statistics, it was not to lower the value of the work of the previous coaches of the national team, because They are also my dear colleagues. Losing the ball is a disease in our basketball and it is the same in all categories. Regarding the young people, I must say that when the generation changed in 2000, the situation was different, now we have to move forward step by step. For example, Mateen Aghajanpour used the opportunity he had very well. Of course, we don’t just see his three-point shot and he had other positive factors. Our plan is not to throw out experienced players and bring in younger ones. But it should be little by little.

He continued: The generation that entered the national team in 2000, after 7 years of continuous work, was able to become the Asian champion in 2007. It’s not a magic stick that we hit on a player or a team so that they will turn from here to there. We have good young people and I work directly with Iran Novin team and we have to see how they perform. This is the step we took and I believe in Ten and we will definitely continue it. My request is to be patient and understand the conditions of the team and players. Of course, this is not a reason to say that our team did not make mistakes. Basketball is a game of mistakes.

The head coach of the national basketball team, in response to the question that Jordan was our training opponent, but we raised our hand against this team very soon, stated: After the game with Japan, many people said that I will beat Jordan and we have to plan for the final team. But at the same time I said that Jordan is a good team. I don’t mean to justify, but I don’t see Jordan as second rate. It has good players and experienced players. I also saw this team’s game against Taiwan and that last second win lifted their spirits a lot. In this match, we didn’t have control of the game at first, and when we got control in the third quarter, it took a lot of energy from us.

Regarding the fact that you apparently went to Hungary for retirement, he said: Hungary has its own rules and I will retire in 5 years and it may take 7 years. I love basketball and I will continue to work until the end of the window.

The head coach of the national basketball team said that it is possible for Nikkhah and Kamrani to return to the national team: They are not fit to play now and I don’t think they can help.

Armaghani said about the Premier League: “Since I was playing and until now, we have not had a dynamic league and it was very short, but it is not like that in Europe and the players are in the competition for about 10 months.” Conditions should improve and teams and players should be more involved.

Regarding the fact that Zlatko Yovanovic, the Serbian coach, was looking for resume building by being in Iran, he said: It was not like he came to build his resume and later sign a better contract elsewhere. I think this is biased.

Regarding whether you are using the experiences of past coaches of the national team or not, Armaghani said: We are looking to make a summary of the national team’s games in the Asian Cup and World Cup qualifiers and invite coaches and colleagues to review them. do.

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