| FIVB: Iran defeats Argentina in Vollyball World Cup - full 5th set facebook.com ایران آرژانتین والیبال MATCH INFO Velasco credits team for all-around effort Iran coach - Julio Velasco We are very happy with this victory. Argentina is a strong team but a young one. We served very well today. Our system of blocking and defense worked well. (Mehdi) Mahdavi is a setter who blocks very well. Argentina coach - Javier Weber In all sets we had a very difficult game. It was tight. Our problem was in attacking. Then our blocking our blocking and defense didn't work. It was the combinaton of those that led to the result today. Iran captain - Alireza Nadi They have a lot of experienced players. We had good tactics for blocks. We blocked better from the second set. (Since Velasco took over) Our mentality is changed. Everybody is working together for one goal. We have gained good experience from recent tournament we played in. Argentina captain - Rodrigo Quiroga They played a great match. Their blocking and serving put us under pressure. We didn't play good in attack. We have to think about the next match. The next three matches (against Brazil, Russia, Italy) will be difficult for us. |
