The skilled Iranian side edged past Brazil (18-25, 27-25, 20-25, 25-17, 15-9) at Azadi Sports Complex in Tehran on Friday to gain its second victory against the 9-time world champions at the tourney.
The scoreboard shows Iran clinching a victory over brazil with a 15-9 score in the final set of the match.
The hosts had to come from behind twice for a win at the tourney’s Pool A competition.
The Iranian team also defeated the Brazil team in three straight sets in Sao Paulo’s Gymnasium Ibirapuera last Saturday after falling to their powerful host team 3-2 a day earlier.
During the Friday match, the Brazilians made a quick start in the first set and managed to gain an 8-5 lead at the first technical timeout and a 16-12 one at the second until the set ended 18-25.
In the second set, the Iranians fought back to level the match. At the end of the set, the two sides drew 24-24 but Iran finally managed to win the set 27-25 with Shahram Mahmudi gaining nine points for his team.
"The Iranian team also defeated the Brazil team in three straight sets in Sao Paulo’s Gymnasium Ibirapuera last Saturday after falling to their powerful host team 3-2 a day earlier."
Brazil took an early lead and gained an easy win in the third set, which ended 20-25.
However, the hosts continued their dominance in the fourth set to win it 25-17 and force the game into the deciding fifth set.
Iran’s storming start in the last set brought about an 8-2 lead at the interval with the volleyball players persevering to finish the set 15-9 to seal the 3-2 victory.
In another match of the fourth week in Pool A, Italy lost 2-3 to host Poland.
Iran will face Italy in Tehran after its next match against Brazil on Sunday at the Azadi arena.
Currently, Italy is on top of Pool A with 19 points and is followed by Iran and Brazil both with 6 points as well as Poland with 5.
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