Iran national team wins against Australia and Canada loses to Italy – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news

According to the Mehr reporter, the Iranian national volleyball team in the third match of the first stage of the League of Nations Volleyball, which is hosted by Brazil, this morning succeeded in defeating the Australian team with a result of 3: 1.

Behrouz Atai’s team, who won the first game against China, lost to the Netherlands in the second round of the competition and made up for the loss with a win against Australia.

The results of the Iran-Australia match set are as follows:

First set: 25-14 in favor of Iran
Second set: 25-22 in favor of Iran
Third set: 18-25 in favor of Australia
Fourth set: 25-15 in favor of Iran

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At the end of this match, Amin Ismailnejad became the most scoring player with 22 points.

Behrouz Ataei, the head coach of Iran, after the victory of his team, expressed his satisfaction with the performance of his players in this match and said: “After losing to the Netherlands, it was difficult to bring back the players, but the technical staff and players tried to improve the situation.”

He also said that his team has a long way to go: “In a world championship, it is difficult to beat a team with a score of 3-0.” Australia did better in the third set and the Iranian players got a little out of the game at the beginning and middle of the game. This caused us to concede the third set. I am happy that my players can come back in difficult situations.

In other matches of this stage, Italy defeated Canada 3-0. China lost to Slovenia 1-3. Poland also defeated Bulgaria 3-0.