How Iranian volleyball reached the deadlock in Asia/We were weaker than Qatar! – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr reporter, the Asian Volleyball Championship ended with a bitter defeat for Iranian volleyball. In the night when Urmia fans were expecting the national volleyball team to lift the championship trophy, Japan won the field powerfully to dictate its power to the world before the past.
Although, due to the poor performance of the national team in the League of Nations and the surprise of Japan in those competitions, it was expected that Atai’s students would not be able to overcome this team in the Asian Championship, but at least there was an expectation that the national team would compete in a balanced competition. to lose to the Japanese, not to lose this game at home in the worst possible way and by a large margin.
Statistically, Iran’s national volleyball team was even lower than Qatar, which is considered the emerging power of the old continent and placed on the third platform for the first time in this tournament. Because at least the Qataris were able to win one set against Japan, but Iran did not win the same set.
The poor performance of the national team in the city of volleyball lovers was not acceptable to anyone, so after winning the title of runner-up, many fans of Urmia called for Atai’s resignation by chanting harsh slogans and throwing bottles into the field. They showed their opposition to the technical staff by cheering Japan and chanting famous Saeed. The national team against Japan did not have a fighting spirit like the League of Nations, and even the players were not able to compete with this team, the head coach was not able to manage the team on the side of the field, and finally Atai’s students suffered a heavy defeat of 3-0 against Japan, just like the League of Nations.
The Asian Championship ended with the runner-up title for Iran, a title that neither the people nor the volleyball officials accept. Before these matches, the referee of the head of the volleyball federation in the meeting of the technical committee after the team’s poor performance in the League of Nations had clearly emphasized that “even the second place in the Asian Championship is a failure”. What decision is going to be made?
Will Ataei, who has shown that he is not able to manage the national team in two important events, continue to lead the team as the head coach? In this short period of time until the Asian Games and Olympic qualifiers, which is in front of the national team, what measures will be taken to improve the technical conditions of the technical staff? And who is going to inject fighting and hope into the national team?
It seems that it is difficult to answer these questions for the members of the federation because in this short time until the Asian Games and the Olympic qualifiers, changing the head coach will not be the priority of the federation, but we definitely should not expect miracles from the team in the two upcoming events.
The current situation of the national volleyball team to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics has also become worrying. The team that a few years ago ended its 50-year longing to go to the Olympics. Now, if this trend continues, it may be called the big absentee of this caravan.
In any case, you should think about this troubled team as soon as possible. Atai, the head coach of the team, must make a serious decision, volleyball fans can no longer tolerate the failures of this team. Especially the fact that Atai did not apologize to the people after the heavy defeat against Japan. Perhaps, in his opinion, the runner-up in Asia is a valuable position and there was no need to apologize!