World championship volleyball Atai: I promise that we will win a better title than the previous period/ I am happy that the mineral soul was happy

According to the sports reporter of Fars news agency, Behrouz Atai said about the conditions of the Iranian national volleyball team and tomorrow’s match against the Netherlands: Our situation is good and today we had a light ball training session. The players who played more yesterday weighed weights and the other players did ball practice. Fortunately, the situation is good. We are trying to prepare ourselves for a tough game against the Netherlands, which is for the decider.

Regarding his presence in the competition hall to watch the match between the national volleyball teams of Cuba and Japan, he noted: Until the end of today’s and tomorrow’s games, it will not be known which teams will face each other in the next stage. We need to monitor the conditions of all teams. We try to have complete information about all the teams so that we don’t have a problem if we meet them. Anyway, Cuba and Japan are likely to be our opponents in the second round and we should know about them.

The head coach of Iran’s national volleyball team said about tomorrow’s match against the Netherlands: “It will definitely be a difficult game.” Both teams will show good quality in tomorrow’s game. It will be a decisive game and we will try to make good use of the opportunities we get.

In response to the question of which team we think will be the surprise of this year’s tournament, Atai clarified: I don’t think there will be any special surprises in this tournament, because my personal opinion is that the old powers of the volleyball world, including Italy, France, Brazil and… are among the main contenders for the championship. Teams like Slovenia can have acceptable quality due to hosting, but I have not seen a team that is very interesting and has done a great job. I think that the traditional volleyball powers of the world have more chances to succeed this year.

The head coach of Iran’s national volleyball team said about what position Iran will get in the end: We have finished sixth only once in all the previous periods and in other periods we have won a title lower than thirteenth. We finished 13th in the last round, but considering that we have made good plans, I promise that we will win a better title than the last round.

Regarding taking revenge for Iran’s defeat against Egypt during Hossein Mandari’s leadership in the world championship, Atai said: Anyway, the place of my good friend, Iran’s good volleyball coach Hossein Mandari is empty by our side. He was a good and moral athlete whose empty place is felt in our volleyball. Behavior like mineral behavior is rarely seen in our volleyball. In the world championship, where Mandari was the head coach and I was also the coach, we lost the result to Egypt, but I am happy that we won the other day so that the soul of Hossein Mandari can be happy.

Behrouz Atai’s students, whose promotion to the round of 16 has been confirmed, will face the Netherlands at 20:00 on Wednesday, the 9th of Shahrivar in their last match in the preliminary stage and to win the top spot in Group F.

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