Zaksa vs. Sarmayeh
The head coach of the Polish champions Andrea Gardini confirms that he was surprised by the performance of the Iranian team.
“Congratulations to both teams. We saw some good serves, defense, some players showed really good blocking skills. At first, we were surprised. The Iranian team played so well, there was so much tension, their volleyball was so good. I’m very happy we came back for the third set, my players got more focused and point by point we made it. The level of volleyball was a little bit higher. I’m very happy with the final result, of course, but for the next matches, we cannot allow ourselves start with so much tension. Congratulations to my good friend, Lukasz Zygadlo [Polish setter of Sarmayeh Bank] – he improved a lot during his time in Iran, so I congratulate the coach for helping Lukasz in getting so much better.“
“I am really happy that the fans and spectators enjoyed the match – it was a great game. We were more concentrated in the first two sets, which we won. The fans of ZAKSA are very, very effective and they played a part in this win. When we won two sets, I said to my players that the other team can become very dangerous, as they have nothing to lose, they can serve with higher risk, thus scoring more points. In the Premier League of Iran, we do not have teams like ZAKSA, serving with higher risk, jumping when serving. But we did our best and we congratulate, again, ZAKSA. We hope we will win the next two games. We know it’s volleyball, and in volleyball, everything can happen,” says the head of Sarmayeh Bank Tehran Mostafa Karkhaneh.
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