I am Atai’s assistant and the head coach of “B” team/players must organize themselves – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
In an interview with Mehr reporter, Masoud Armat said about the formation of the “B” team before the Asian Championship and his addition to the national team: I will be added to the national team after the Asian Championship and as a replacement for Pavel Karr in this I start the team. For the time being, it was decided to form the “B” national team and the players who were not included in the team’s composition will start training in this team and after the end of the Asian Championship and the restart of the camps, they will be integrated with the main team.
In response to the question of which team is going to be sent to the Hangzhou Asian Games, he said: “The final decision has not been made yet.” The federation and the head coach of the team should decide on this matter. We are currently trying to get the players fit. In my opinion, it would have been better if the “B” team had been formed earlier and started training under the supervision of the technical staff, but now it is not too late because there are important games ahead of Iranian volleyball, the Asian Games and, most importantly, the Olympic selection are very important for Iranian volleyball. . I hope we can be productive and answer the trust of the staff by winning the Olympic quota. I started working both as the head coach of the “B” team and as Atai’s assistant.
Atai’s assistant in the national volleyball team said about the team’s conditions: I am in contact with Atai, thank God the team is ready and the conditions are going well with the changes we made in the team composition. Milad Abadipour is one of Iran’s volleyball heavyweights who was added to the team, we have Saber Kazemi and Mobeen Nasir in this tournament, the team has been strengthened for the Asian Championship and will go to the field with full preparation. Three preparatory matches were held before the tournament, and with the victory against Japan, the players gained double morale. I think we don’t have a hard way. Our toughest opponent is Japan, of course we cannot underestimate China either.
Armat noted: This tournament has 30 points and I hope that with the defeat of Japan, we can get closer to this team in the ranking. In this tournament, we have the privilege of hosting Urmia, and people are interested in this field, the seventh runner-up of the national volleyball team in this competition. Urmia is the cradle of Iranian volleyball and the national team is definitely not alone in these competitions. I hope that the team will make people happy by winning the gold medal.
In response to the question that it would not have been better to be with the team in the Asian Championship and the bench of the national team was not empty, he said: This is true and the bench of the national team was empty in this tournament, but the discretion of the federation and the head coach of the team was that the team “B” should be formed and the players should arrange themselves. In the few days before the tournament, neither I nor any other coach could do anything for the staff, so the better decision was to form the “B” team and get ready so that good players like Esfandiar, Muezzin, who were left out of the team Prepare to return to the national team in the upcoming camps.