Referee: The American players were taller than us

According to IRNA, “Saeed Davarpanah”, a player of our national team, after meeting the US national team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, said: “I think the shots of the US team entered the basket very well today, and if their shots were like the game with France, maybe our difference No more than 15 to 20 points. We reduced them in height because they were very tall.

Davarpanah added: “I trained for the Olympics for a year and I put all my focus so that good things can happen in the Olympic Games.” All our players shot well, but they were much better than us. I hope we can focus more on the next game against France so that we can figure out good things. France is a strong team and defeated the United States in the first match. We will have a tough match against France, but we will try to do well.

Regarding the absence of the first match of the national team of Iran against the Czech Republic, he admitted: “I did not ask any questions from the head coach of the national team in this regard, they may have considered it appropriate for me to play, but in this match they played me more.” It does not matter to me how much I am on the field and it is the coach’s decision, but I focus on having a good game. I always wait for the coach to play for me and I am hungry to play.

Today (Wednesday) at 9:10 AM, the Iranian national basketball team played its second game in the Olympics against the powerful American star team, and in the end, the US team managed to defeat Iran 120-66.

Iran’s senior also played against the Czech Republic in his previous game and lost 84-78 to this team. The American team also lost the game to France in its previous match. The United States is the proudest team in Olympic basketball.

In their last match in the group stage of Olympic basketball, the Iranian team must face France on Saturday, August 30, at 5:30 AM.