Iran - Russia (SET1)

Russia beat Iran 3:2 (18:25, 25:18, 25:21, 35:37, 15:8) in an exciting opening match of the 2014 World League tournament. Ghafour was top scorer with 30 points for Iran while Muserskiy scored 20 points for Russia. Russia have won all three of their clashes with Iran, but have never before been taken to three sets by them. Iran have now lost three World League matches in a row . This was Russia’s first win in five sets this season. They had lost their last four five setters in a row. Iranian captain Mir Saeid Marouflakrani hailed an amazing performance by his team, regretting the inability to close the match in the last set. He said: "It was an amazing match, we could have won it but in the second and third sets Russia’s experience proved decisive. Now we will wait to see the results of Brazil against Russia tomorrow before thinking of our chances for qualification". Russia face Brazil in their next match on Thursday at 17:30, while Iran will play with Brazil on Friday at 17:30.

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