Falcon: We appear stronger against the United States and France
According to IRNA, “Mehran Shahin Taba” stated: “We always have such problems at the beginning of the game against good and quality teams, because the number of our preparation games is small.” But we have to have preparation matches against good teams and the level of our Premier League should be like theirs.
He continued: “In the first half, we were statistically lower than the Czech team in almost all cases. In the second half, the kids compromised, gained some self-confidence, gained more confidence, and as a result, the situation improved. For the 2019 World Cup, we played about 18 games with good teams, our conditions were better. Preparatory matches can help us if we want to play good games.
Shahin Taba added: “We could have played much better in the first half. Despite the efforts of the children, we did not get a good result in the first half.” The second half we controlled the mistakes of the first half, the kids were more active and we made better decisions. If you look at the statistics, we were lower in most of the statistics, but in the second half we had more control and accuracy in the game. The players did their best to prevent this from happening in the first half, the result of this game could have been something else.
The head coach of our national basketball team admitted: The federation did its best and we were able to have preparatory games in Japan and Spain, but we needed at least 14 games to be able to act like the World Cup. Last year, when it was not about Corona, we had some great preparation games. But there were a lot of problems and I think most of the teams are facing this situation. Many teams may have played between 4 and 6 pre-season games, but they can succeed because of the teams’ track record, their domestic leagues, their presence in world-renowned leagues, and their relationship with each other.
He concluded: “In order to face the United States and France, we must strengthen ourselves so that we can play better games.” The United States and France are among the most good and contending teams in the world. Basketball is different from other disciplines in the Olympics, and I think kids can play quality games.
According to IRNA, the first match of our national basketball team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was held this morning (Sunday) at 5:30 against the Czech Republic, and at the end, the students of “Mehran Shahin Taba” played their first game in the result with 84-78. They gave up the competition.
The schedule of the Iranian national basketball team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is as follows:
Second game: Iran – USA Wednesday 6 August / 9:10
Third game: Iran – France Saturday 9 August / 5:30
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