Mahmoudi
Iran coach Slobodan Kovac:
“In the first two sets we played good volleyball but we made some easy mistakes. We served good but we could not stop ball in the middle. It was tough to play Japan after losing four matches in a row. Mahmoudi came in and played opposite for us because Ghafour had a shoulder injury. We were a different team with Mahmoudi on the court. We play fast with him. We pushed Ishikawa, Yanagida and Shimizu to the sides to block them out. It is tough to play high level every match. We had a good counterattack in the last two sets. They made many mistakes after the first two sets.”
Japan coach Masashi Nambu:
“We did well in the beginning. Iran’s jump float serve destroyed our strategy. Our play fell apart. This would be a big problem against strong teams, but today it should not have been. They did a great job n defense. We have to figure out a strategy that works in the tough situations with our serve reception. Our pipe attack did not work. The Iran players were quick on the side attack. We should have stopped them by receiving serves better. Our attack pattern was not creative and they figured out what was coming.”
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