The defeat of the Iranian national volleyball team against the United States / Atai’s students did not return! – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr reporter, the third match of the second week of the Volleyball League of Nations, hosted by Rotterdam, Netherlands, was held this evening following the match between Iran and America.
In the second week of the competition, the national volleyball team won one victory against Germany and one defeat against Italy. In contrast, the American team won both of its games in the second week of the competition against the Chinese and Serbian teams.
The meeting between the American and Iranian teams was very important in various ways, because the victory of each of the two teams would increase the chances of advancing to the final stage of the League of Nations. Of course, the disruption of the Americans made the situation difficult for the Iranian national team; Because the task of the team’s players’ visas is not clear yet, and despite the follow-up by the World Federation, an email was sent to the Volleyball Federation stating that some players were rejected, and this matter disturbed the players emotionally and psychologically before this sensitive match.
The composition of Iran against the United States
Behrooz Atai sent Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi, Mohammad Valizadeh, Mohammad Tahir Wadi, Morteza Sharifi, Pouria Hossein Khanzadeh, Amin Esmailnejad and Mohammad Reza Hazratpour to the field for this match. Iran’s volleyball men, dressed in navy and white for the liberos, went to the field against the students of “John Spera” in the American team.
first set; 25 to 22 in favor of America
Although the game was equal in the first points, but the Iranian team broke several consecutive serves, causing the Americans to lead by three points, which Atai’s students quickly made up for this gap. The second time-out was taken by the head coach of the Iranian team at the score of 19-17 in favor of the USA.
Then we saw an interesting rally between the two teams, which resulted in one point for Iran. The first video check request was made by Behrouz Atai, which was not approved. In the following, the head coach of the United States responded to Iran’s unsuccessful video check, after which Atai again requested a video check at the 21st point, which was also unsuccessful this time. In the final moments of the game, while the game was going by turns, Hazratpour’s net error caused this set to end with a score of 25-22 in favor of the United States.
second set; 25 to 18 in favor of America
In the second set, the Americans had a stormy start and the mistakes of Wadi and Sharifi made them lead by several points. The work progressed with the result of 10-8 in favor of the United States, so that the first rest time was taken by the head coach of the Iranian national team. The services of American players became a nightmare for Atai’s students, and America was the best team in the field by a large margin. Unsuccessful video check did nothing for Iran and America was still the best team in the field with a score of 21-14. While the Americans had reached 24 points with a good performance, the Iranian players reached 18 points with two points, but the Americans were the top team with one point so that this match ended with a result of 25-18 in their favor.
the third set; 25 to 22 in favor of America
While the second set ended with a disappointing result for Iran, the situation completely changed in the third set and Atai’s students achieved a score of 5-2 with a good team work. In the following, the head coach of America asked for a rest time and after that the Americans were able to draw the result 5-5, this time Atai asked for a rest time.
In the rest of the game, both teams continued to compete until Atai’s students managed to beat the American team with a difference of 13 to 11 points. The third set was sensitive and close, and Iranian players played better in this set than the previous two sets. In the continuation of the game, the Iranian team was still ahead of its opponent until the score was 20-17 in Iran’s favor, the head coach of the United States asked for a break.
The mistake of the Iranian players gave several points to the Americans so that the difference became one point. At 20-19 in favor of the United States, Atai again asked for a timeout. The critical moments of the final points went back and forth until the Americans tied the game with a service point.
Later, Shahrouz Homayunfermanesh came to the field, but the Iranian players lost the points easily, Wadi broke the serve in the final moments, and the USA reached the score of 24-22. Mousavi was angry at the many mistakes of the players, but he couldn’t do anything, and in this way, we lost this set to America with the result of 25-23, even though we were the winners.