2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

[peiman92]

It's being hosted by Bulgaria and Italy between 23 September to 3 October. 16 teams are participating.
Iran is in Pool C with Argentina, Morocco and Belgium. Our first game is in 20 minutes vs Belgium, all games are livestreamed on youtube.

Guess who's defending champion? That's right Iran

[peiman92]

We're getting our asses kicked in the 1st set, 16-10 Belgium.

[peiman92]

25-20 Belgium 1st set. Sloppy play by our boys.

This is pretty much a must win game for us, as 2 teams qualify for the next stage.
Argentina beat Morocco 3-0 earlier today.

One thing that baffles me is that Behrooz Ataei is our head coach( the same guy who was our coach during asian cup last week where we won).
He's a great coach but as he has been busy with the senior team for the last couple of weeks, what kind of preparations have this U21 team had!?
Lets hope we turn this game around.

[peiman92]

Unbelievable how we managed to lose the 2nd set despite leading most of the time. Not looking good.

[Nokhodi]

This seems to be typical Iranian volleyball situation where we take our opponent lightly because they're not top 5.

[peiman92]

OMG what a comeback!!!! 20-13 down and we take the 3rd set 28-26. Lets build on this momentum now.

[peiman92]

9-6 Iran 4th set.

[webmaster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfceMIqX2Zw

[Nokhodi]

Respect to the Italian fan who just turned his Italy flag sideways and cheers Iran on

[peiman92]

17-17 4th set.

[peiman92]

28-26 Iran 4th set! What a rollercoaster.

[Nokhodi]

Iran wins the 4th set. Italian TV is very late and/or wrong on the scores often.

[webmaster]

2-2

5th set is starting

[peiman92]

5-2 Belgium 5th set.

[peiman92]

3-2 Belgium. 1 point is still OK considering we were 2 sets and 20-13 down in the 3rd set before the comeback.

We need to beat Argentina tomorrow, preferably by 3-0 or 3-1.