If Atai doesn’t get any results, they don’t trust Iranians anymore – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
In an interview with Mehr reporter, Abbas Mirhosseini said about the performance of the national volleyball team in the match against Hong Kong: We cannot comment on the technical aspect of the match against Hong Kong and Iraq because these two teams have a great technical difference with Iran. Our team is superior in every way and these two games are a preparatory match for us. Of course, it should be considered a special preparatory game, in such a way that the head coach knows the team’s elbows and tests the substitute players so that they can cope with tough opponents.
He said: Iran’s national team was not tested seriously in the meeting with Hong Kong. Our main problem in the League of Nations was the first reception, but in this match, due to the weakness of this opponent, the Iranian team was not tested. In this match, our players were superior to the opponent in defense on the net, service, attack, and even the substitute player performed well. Of course, in my opinion, substitute players should be better than the main players in order to help the team.
Iran’s volleyball expert emphasized: the national team needs good results in this tournament, so far the teams under 16 years of age, teenagers and young people have performed very well and won the championship and runner-up, so the adult team is mentally and physically ready to win the tournament. This tournament requires Achieving a result in these matches is not far from reach, this requires that we do not create any margin in the team. We all know there are flaws and expectations of some players have not been met. All these issues exist, but you should not pay attention to them.
Referring to the technical bench in these competitions, Mir Hosseini said: Alizadeh can help the national team in this situation. Some believe that he has the first coaching experience, but he has experienced heavy games and can help the team, although I believe that the staff bench should have been strengthened and a foreign coach was present alongside Alizadeh and Tolokian. The national team bench needed a good foreign coach. The technical staff who are with the national team are good in every way, but one of the problems of our team is the lack of a high-quality foreign coach. In my opinion, a foreign coach should be present with the national team at any cost.
Iran’s volleyball coach said: It is true that Alizadeh has no coaching experience and this is his first experience, but any time he was added to the team, it was his first experience, so we should not pay attention to these issues. He can be a good communication bridge between the players and the staff. We must use what we have in the best way. Destruction is not the right thing, if the team is without borders and stress, it has the ability to win the championship. Of course, no team should be underestimated. Hosting this tournament in Urmia is for the benefit of the national team.
Mir Hosseini emphasized: If Atai does not succeed in this tournament, it will be a loss for all Iranian coaches because they will no longer trust them and the bench of the national team will forever be at the disposal of foreign coaches. So we should all help the national team. Some annoyances of the players should not hinder the progress of the team, the great players of the team should remove the sidelines. I have high hopes for this team, although the task is difficult and teams like Japan, China and South Korea cannot be underestimated.
He said about the performance of the Japanese volleyball team in the Asian Championship: Japan did not give up and did not use all that it had. Although we know this team very well. Japan has one of the best teams in Asia and the world and is complete in every way. Japan is superior to other teams in every respect because they worked with the program for several years.