The return of Iranian volleyball after a bitter shock/Iraq regretted what it had done – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr reporter, on the third day of the Asian Championship, Iran’s national volleyball team played against Iraq at Ghadir Hall in Urmia. While this match was supposed to start at 19:15, it was delayed by a few minutes due to the prolongation of the match between South Korea and Pakistan.
The head coach of Iran’s national volleyball team sent Mohammad Mousavi, Amin Ismailnejad, Milad Ebadipour, Javad Karimi, Mohammad Valizadeh, Mohammad Reza Hazratpour, Maysam Salehi to the field for this game.
first set; 25 to 19 in favor of Iraq
In the very first minutes of the game, contrary to expectations, Iraq surpassed Iran’s national volleyball team and led the result 5-3, so that Behrouz Atai immediately asked for a timeout. The Iraqi team is still the best of the field until the first break was taken with the victory of Iraq. The good performance of the Iraqi players made them lead with a score of 21-18, and the head coach of Iraq requested the first time of rest for this team. In the end, it was the Iraqis who gave a big shock to the Iranian team and won the first set.
second set; 25 to 12 in favor of Iran
Unlike the first set, when the Iranian national volleyball team did not perform well, the start of the second set was accompanied by the stormy attacks of the Iranian players, so that Atai’s students were the best team with a difference of 8 points. Amin Ismailnejad scored wonderful services in this set. The good coordination of the Iranian players and the cascade and good service finally made this set end with a score of 25-12 in Iran’s favor.
the third set; 25/15 in favor of Iran
The first point of the third set was obtained for Iraq, despite the great efforts of the Iraqis, but in this set, the Iranian national volleyball team was the best team in this set with a high score difference. 15 should end in favor of Iran.
fourth set; 25 to 14 in favor of Iran
In this set, the Iraqis had a close game at the beginning, but again, Iran was able to increase its points gap with Iraq and be the best team on the field. In this set, the superiority of the Iranian players in serving and defending on the net and the waterfall was quite noticeable. Finally, Iran was able to win this set with a high score difference and a result of 25-14 and advance to the next stage as the leader.