^^Bro I GUARANTEE you if you shave off your beard you will get more as$ than a toilet seat, as long as you are a half way decent looking guy and I am assuming you dont ahve a double chine or a gut because you are a military man like me. Usually military men are physically fit, even if you take us out of the military. As we say in the USA you can take the boy out of the military but you can't take the military out of the boy. Why to this day, I still fold my socks the way I learned in boot camp by rolling it, kind of like a joint
Back to the game I agree with what Iran Inter Esteghlal said but then again, I usually agree with Esteghlal fans
I was able to watch BOTH games on NBC sports and I recorded it. I went back and watched both games. We had moments of brilliance and usually it came in the 3rd set we were on fire then. The bad news is we started off the sets not bad but then when there was the slightest bit of pressure from team USA, we folded like the LA Clippers. Now what Kovac needs to do, and the American olympic champion commentator pointed this out, is change the culture of losing in Iran. Now he is on his way but he also said it is not going to take one or two years it's going to take longer but we are on our way. Last year we made some big strides and hopefully we can make some noise this year. I am hoping we get out of the group stages, it's still not over, USA needs to come to Tehran and play two games.
There is one thing though countries like USA and Germany will always have an advantage over countries like Iran and even Russia and Poland. Yes I know Russians were the champs but imagine how good Iran, Russia and Poland would be if they had say USA, Germany or Italy's budget? We can't overcome that, unless there is a regime change and the new government is proactive and good at handling finances. We all know how good Iranian leadership is at handling finances and budgets lol not our strongest suit.
We can however change the culture and we are on our way. I don't think this team is just happy being here they want to advance to the next round and the knockout stages. 10 years ago it was, let's just be competitive in Asia and if we happen to get invited let's have a good game and a good show. Those days are gone Iran is a legitimate top 10 team but in order to catch the big boys like Russia, Poland, Italy, (Don't know Germany's rank but I assume they are good because Germany has some very tall guys) and the USA. The difference between us and those teams mentioned above is they KNOW HOW TO WIN and more importantly, they EXPECT TO WIN. If team USA, Italy or Russia get 2nd place, that would be considered A FAILURE. If Iran gets 2nd place, we would jump for joy . In USA there is a saying we have 2ND PLACE IS THE FIRST LOSER. Nascar driver Dale Earnhardt used to say that.
I am not a Nascar guy but I watched one race and DE was clearly in 2nd place. If you finish in the top 3 you get big bucks and big points. DE did a move that normally worked but it backfired that time. He was called the intimidation because he would bump your car and pass you. This time he hit the wall. When the executive of Nascar asked him, "Hey you could have finished 2nd why did you go for it you didn't finish in the top 10!" DE's response, "ISN'T 2ND PALCE THE FIRST LOSER?" The Buffalo Bills went to four super bowls but people call them LOSERS. Even in sports where USA is not the best team like soccer and they go up against mighty Germany, they usually give the Germans a run for their money and sometimes they even win because they go all out attack. They don't defend and hope to play a good bazi bache javan mardaneh. We would be happy with a 1-0 loss to Germany, they would hold their heads down if they got a 0-0 tie against Germany. We need to think like the Americans I am telling you guys this attitude is one thing I LOVE AND ADMIRE ABOUT THE AMERICAN CULTURE AND SPIRIT.