It is unlikely that volleyball will go to the Olympics with this style of play/the staff will change – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
In an interview with Mehr reporter, Mohammad Turkashund said about the national volleyball team winning the championship at the Asian Games in Hangzhou: Considering that the Japanese team did not come to this tournament with its main players, it was expected that the Iranian team would be able to win the championship of this tournament. Especially since the Chinese team could not compete with Iranian volleyball. Of course, the Chinese team has a lot to say in the future, some of their players appeared inexperienced and prone to mistakes, which made them win the fourth set.
He said: “Iran’s team needed this championship. In the League of Nations and the Asian Championship, the team was not in ideal mental and psychological conditions. In this game, the main problem of the team was the change in the composition. In the past few years, the national team could not reach a fixed composition, and in every tournament we have changes in the composition of the team. This issue was especially seen in the composition of recipients. Thank God, in the game against China, Shahrouz Homayunfermanesh played very well and exceeded expectations.
The volleyball expert said: I hope that the team will have good conditions in the Olympic qualifiers. Our volleyball must find its place and advance to the Olympics. It is hard work. There were flaws in the composition and replacement of players, but when the team wins, few people pay attention to these issues.
Regarding the situation of the national team in the Olympic selection, he said: I don’t think we should say that the national team is in the death group of the competition, because the conditions are the same in other groups and teams like Poland, Argentina and Japan are present. Now we cannot underestimate a team like Japan at all. He has won against all the volleyball powers and won the third place in the League of Nations. Therefore, we cannot say that work is easy in other groups. All the teams planned and it’s hard work.
Turkashund emphasized: If we are going to play in the Olympic qualifiers with the same style as we played in the League of Nations, Asian Championship and Hangzhou Asian Games, the process of advancing to the Olympics will be a matter of ifs and ifs. The playing style of the national team must change. This fact cannot be denied. The playing style of the national team in the Asian Games has not changed compared to the previous two matches, and maybe some players had changes.
He said: “Shahrouz Homayunfermanesh helped the national team a lot, but there must be a player who can use the pipe so that we don’t get into trouble against big teams.” I hope good things will happen for volleyball, our wish is that the team will advance to the Olympics. I don’t expect promotion with this kind of playing style. It is really hard to get direct quota in Brazil.
The Iranian volleyball expert said about the addition of Armat to the technical staff in the Olympic selection: Armat’s addition to the bench of the national team has a great advantage over some people in the technical staff, and that is that Armat has played volleyball. He will definitely be effective and can give the head coach a common opinion. He has eaten volleyball. Of course, in general, I believe that the technical staff needs to be reviewed, and from the head coach to the national team coaches, they must change.