A recent interview with TM Iran coach
Slobodan Kovac conducted by Polish site plusliga.pl.
The interview is in Polish. here is the Google Translation of it.
http://www.plusliga.pl/news/id/9583
by Ilona Kobus, photo FIVB, added: July 29, 2014, 15:06
The coach tells the representation of Iran in an interview with PlusLiga about the realities of their work. Reveals also why his players did not want to leave for foreign clubs.
PlusLiga: Your team finished 4th in the World League. Are you satisfied with that, however, a little disappointed with this result?
Slobodan Kovac: The last two-to-head tournament in Florence lost, so I can not be satisfied. Maybe a little repeat, but when the game in a tournament for the first time, it is difficult to present a high level from the beginning to the end, even if it comes and concentration. We are just getting to learn. We did not play well these last fights, we tried, but rivals were better. I do not like to lose and at the moment I do not feel comfortable. Apparently we have to work even harder to play at the world championships much better.
- Observing the semifinal match LŚ from the U.S., I had the impression that your dependents a little overwhelmed pressures.
- I do not think it was about pressure, but we have a problem actually mental. I suspect that my players approached this met with the wrong attitude. They thought that since before we won with Brazil, and the U.S. lost to Italy, it awaits us easy semifinal. Such thinking zemściło on us. We have much work to change the mentality of the team.
- There are some positive aspects of performance in Florence?
- Yes, I know how much more we need to learn in order to achieve a really high level. But somebody thought that constantly complain - I do not know the team that playing in any competition for the first time, once they won. Volleyball is a complex sport and is about surprise is even harder than in football. In recent years, much has changed in the forefront, which is dominated by Russia, Brazil, Cuba, Poland, Italy, USA and Serbia. We we constitute a novelty in the volleyball world and in a strong position we have earned. Therefore, the mere fact that we are among the best incredibly pleased me, even though my team in the game was a lot of errors. The worst thing is that they were simple mistakes that have repeatedly denounced during the pre-match briefing. We work very hard in training, and then, during the games behave stupidly. For example, the result will be served at 22:22 libero rivals, although in the first line we host. I'm the player: this is a huge mistake. And he said: I think not. So you can not win, players must learn to listen to the coach and follow his instructions.
- Volleyball able to feel physical fatigue? USA acceded to the semi-finals after a break, Mr. players do not have the free.
- At this level of competition, especially if you show up somewhere for the first time and want to make a good impression, you have to forget about fatigue. The adrenaline is so high that only counts rivalry victory on the field, leave everything that has to be the best.
- During the whole editing LŚ you achieved a few rotation in the warehouse. Substitutes are not able to play well in more time?
- Not quite agree with this opinion. Such players as Ebadipour, Mirzajanpour, Fayazi or Ghaemi getting his chances. Others maybe a little less, but I'm still learning this team, working by trial and error, I try to bring out the team is the best.
- I know that several Iranian volleyball players received good offers from European clubs, but none of them decided to leave the country. Why, in your opinion?
- It's only a matter of economics. All my players have very good contracts in Iran. If the center earns 300,000 euros there and the offer of another country amounts to half of that sum, there is no chance to get it accepted. I'd like to contestants went to strong leagues and there developed their skills. Our quarterback had an offer from Halkbanku and Verona, the clubs were anxious to download it for yourself. Measure, in turn, got the offer from Rzeszow and Modena. In foreign clubs have fought with players better than themselves, where they would have to work very hard to prove their worth, they would learn to compete, and this consequently would improve the level of play of representation. I tried to convince them, but in response I heard, but they were not paying ....
- During the tournament Final Six master team faced the USA and Italy. These teams will also Iran's rivals in the Polish World Cup ....
- I lost both matches. Well, I'm sure draw conclusions from these failures, learn something new. I do not know whether in such a short time, we can change something in the system of the game, but we will. After a long period of very good luck fell on our failure, we found that the best a lot of us still missing. But we also know what we need to change.
- With what hopes, expectations, Iran will arrive at the FIVB World Cup Volleyball Poland in 2014?
- With such as always - to win every game. I believe that we can afford a better game than Final Six. If we play like the LŚ in Tehran and Brazil, we have a chance to advance to the second round of the tournament. That would be the success of the team, taking into account that we play extremely hard group. And then? Then there will be only harder .....
- As the preparations for the world championship of Iran?
- Immediately after the Final Six of my volleyball players get a few days leave from the retina. Then we started training camp and work on physical preparation. We are planning a trip to the United States and some sparring with the winners of this year's World League. Then we go to Bulgaria, where we play Plamen Konstantinov with volleyball players and Brazil. At the conclusion, already in Poland will face Australia.