Volleyball fans who are expecting Iranian recruiting can create surprises or at least playing fairly with Italy in the early match of today's Volleyball Nations League 2023.
Especially when the Iranian volleyball team has just hit Germany quickly with the impressive 3-0 score yesterday. However, things are not like a dream when the reality is quite harsh.
The defending world champions show their absolute power when they have their strongest squad. Italy does not give Iran a chance to win quickly in the first two sets.
Being cornered, the Iranian boys played a lot better in the third set and even the ahead of 24-21, facing 3 chances to win in this set.
However, Gianelli's too dangerous ball bridge has made Iran's steps wobble thereby helping Italy spectacularly in this set when scoring 5 points to get the final victory.
This impressive victory helped the Italian volleyball return to the top 8 race when reaching 7th rank with 3 wins and can completely surpass the two previous rivals, Argentina and the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, the defeat quickly pushed Iran from the top 8 to the 9th place but played more than the opponents ranked above in the number of matches. This distance can completely increase.
With Iranian men's volleyball at this time, competing for a position to attend the final round is not easy.
VNL 2023 Iranian volleyball results (19-25, 16-25, 24-26) Italy.