Russian lineup on this match was: Sergey Grankin – Nikolay Pavlov, Evgeny Sivozhelez – Alexey Spiridonov, Andrey Ashchev – Dmitriy Muserskiy, libero Artem Ermakov. The Russian team is preparing for the European Championship 2013 in Denmark and Poland.
In the first set Iran took lead with 8-5 and 16-12, that was a sign that they will won that period of game. In second set it was 8-4 and 20-14 for Iran and in third 20-24 and 25-23. In fourth set Russia has started very well, had 10-8, 20-16 and 25-19. But in fifth Iran again led 14-9 and 16-12, Russia came to 19-19 but Iran has finished game with 25-20.
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