MNA � Iran�s national volleyball team lost the match 3-2 to Serbia at the fourth week of Volleyball Men�s Nation League (VNL).


In a match held in Chicago on Sunday, Iran suffered loss after winning Poland in their previous match.

Iran took the first set (25-21) and raised hopes for another great victory. However, Serbia showed quality and gained the next 2 sets (25-22, 27-25).

Iranian players once again proved their dominance and earned the fourth set (25-20) and gave spectators chance to enjoy the great match for another set.

Eventually, Serbia took this last set (15-11) to rank 7 at the VNL standings.

Ranking 11 at the table, Iran will face US in their next match on Monday.

�It was tough. We played as hard as the match before but tonight Serbia won. 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. 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 tomorrow we have a new game. We will try to keep this energy for the next game,� said Iran coach Igor Kolakovic after the game, Volleymob reported.