Igor Kolakovic Unhappy with Defeat against Serbia
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran national volleyball team's coach Igor Kolakovic said that to suffer a narrow defeat to Serbia in Volleyball Nations League (VNL) is very tough.
Iran was defeated against Serbia 3-2 (21-25 25-22 27-25 20-25 15-11) on Sunday.
The defeat means Iran is now just playing for pride in the VNL - but Serbia marches on and remains very much in the mix.
“It was a tough match. We played as hard as the match before but Serbia won," Kolakovic said.
"I’m happy because they really have an opportunity to play in the final, but also I’m sad because we had an opportunity to win in this condition,” he added.
“We had a lot of problems with our players with injuries. During the game, one of our important young players – Morteza Sharifi – got injured. For that reason I am sadder with this defeat, but life goes on and we have a new game. We will try to keep this energy for the next game,” he added.
