Iran - Russia (full match)

European champion Russia won against Iran in three sets (25:23, 25:23, 25:19) in their third match at the World Grand Champions Cup on Friday. Maxim Mikhaylov played great game, he scored 19 points. His team lost game with Italy on the opening day of the tournament (3:1). Russia coach - Andrey Voronkov said: "Iran is a very good defensive team. We know that they play at a high level. We did our best to play with concentration today. That was a problem for us in our first match in the tournament. We stayed focused until the end of the match today. The players want to go back to the hotel now and concentrate on the next match." Iran coach Julio Velasco added: "We played to win against one of the best teams in the world. We did that in the first two sets. We don't have the mental endurance to play against a team like this yet. But we learned a lot from this match. Our defense was not strong in the first two sets. We had problems in blocks. Russian players are not only strong, but they have good technique as well."

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