Ebadipour: Poland’s strategy is wrong / we came to gain experience – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr News Agency, Milad Ebadipour said about the situation of the Iranian national volleyball team in the camp in Gdansk: We had a good camp. After the qualifying stage, we rested for two days and had a very good recovery. After the rest, we continued with bodybuilding and ball training and fortunately, we have very good conditions now.
He said about the match against the Polish team in the quarter-finals of the League of Nations: 100%, we have a very difficult task ahead of us. We are playing against Poland, who we won against this team once in the third week, and they are more motivated than other teams and they are thinking of revenge. If they want to become champions, they must defeat Iran. This issue makes the work difficult, while respecting the team of Laşetan, we will show 100% of our strength and we will act again as we have done so far.
The captain of Iran’s national volleyball team said about the statements of some players of the Polish team that Iran chose them for the final stage match: “It is really a shame that Poland compares its team with the Iranian team.” Most of Iran’s players changed and we participated in this tournament with a team where several Iranian players are experiencing their first appearance in the League of Nations.
He continued: Poland is the best team in the world and is a two-time World Cup champion. It has players like Cork, who became the most valuable player in the World Cup, and Yanous, who became the most valuable player in the World Championship. Also, the fast and libero players of this team became the best in the World Cup. Therefore, it is funny that Poland compares itself with the Iranian team.
Recalling that Iran won once against Poland in the third week, Ebadipour said: Iran’s team has made several changes in this year’s tournament. However, in the final stage, we give 100% of our strength. The result of the match is important, but winning and losing has not been important for the Iranian team until this stage. All in all, apart from any results, we have to wait to see what happens.
About his knowledge of the Polish team and how much this information helps the Iranian team, he said: Volleyball players or other sports have their own habits and maybe they want to do other things before the game, but still their usual habits. They will eventually follow. Considering the conditions of the Iranian team and the knowledge of the technical staff from the Polish team, the players of this team will do their usual habits in points above 20, and if the players of the Iranian team pay attention to the issues and small points and do them in the necessary time, a good result against Poland we will get
The captain of Iran’s national volleyball team also said about the chanting of some Polish players: We defeated the Polish team in two important tournaments and in the worst possible conditions. One in the Olympics, where they came with the best players, and the other in the National League, we defeated Poland at home, so this team is in a difficult situation and they have to do their best to transfer this stress to the players of the Iranian team.
He clarified: But this is wrong because we announced from the beginning of this tournament that we came to gain experience and if they want to transfer this pressure to the Iranian team, they are very wrong. It is true that we advanced to the final stage, but we still came to gain experience. It is not possible to expect much from the Iranian team, because most of its players are under 23 years old and have the first experience of participating in important tournaments.
The final stage of the League of Nations 2022 will begin on Wednesday, July 29 in the city of Bologna, Italy, and the Iranian national volleyball team will face Poland in the quarter-finals at 23:30 on Thursday, July 30.