Foolad Sirjan Iranian vs. Al Ahly SC - Pool A | Highlights | Men's Club World Champs 2024

and the lineups very soon. This is who starts for Al-Ali and plenty of experienced players. The left-hander at 40 years of age joins his Egyptian international teammate Hossam Iranian. Brilliant win over Lube yesterday in five sets but they were five brutal sets. It's going to be fascinating to see what sort of shape they're in against this experienced and immensely tall Al-Ali side. Al-Ali from Cairo in Egypt. The most successful team in Egyptian volleyball with 34 national titles in there from the 40-year-old Salah in the opposite position. Serving position but can't make the... Mohamed will feel a little unlucky after that last one. Good serve. Nice pass and good block. Well covered by Hamada. He just established themselves as this set goes on. I just wonder if the tired bodies of Fulad Zeyan are going to be up to this. One thing they're not short of today. You never know. First pipe. He's good for Al-Ali. Lovely flow into the net. Number eight El-Hossini. He now moves to the frontcourt as his fellow left-sided group of servers out there that can get the ball speeds up to about 130 clicks plus. Seriously fast. Oh good block. Good line up. Nice read on that. Saw Salah early. Two metres and twelve through the middle for Al-Ali in the grey. Got beaten by that one though. It's whether he can play it. Five points the lead. Bit of a struggle but passed pretty well in the end and it's Astran after that kill. Opposite Salah with the serve. Once again they've isolated Hajipour but the luxury of five set points remains with that missed serve. Beautiful. Lovely flat set. The tempo on that ball. So we're good to go again. It's a very good start from Al-Ali. They got everything right in that first set and even when the team in red Fulad Zeyan managed to stage a comeback they contained it pretty well. I don't see why. His team look like they are dialed in here. They know exactly what they've got to do and they've got the blockers to do it. Good run. Volleyball court as you might put it. And he will serve. Off pace. Malandi. Tight pass. Chances here for Al-Ali to open up a two-point lead. The other side of the net. Sometimes things change and change quickly. That was a tight pass. Very tight. Very fast. Some turns. That's what we've got. Slightly better pass. They are continuing to give Salah a lot of ball here. Rotations both teams and where the scoring chances are. Nice set. Keeping it simple. It's a point for Al-Ali. It's a point from the man about to serve. And on court making an instant impact. But they found a gear they can play in right now. Fulad Zeyan. Overpass. Whacked onto the floor by Mohamed. Yet it is Fulad Zeyan that has the advantage. Despite some pretty solid scoring. It's getting better and better. To a position where you're 10 points clear. 15 minutes later. Brilliant from Fulad Zeyan. 10 set points remain for Zeyan. And the ace means it's nine for this Fulad Zeyan Al-Ali team. And a solid finish from Sayed. And that'll do it. Four. Fulad Zeyan Iranian in the red shirts lead this match by two sets to one against the Egyptian club. Al-Ali is the Al-Ali head coach from Spain. Well for me this simply plays into the hands of this Fulad Zeyan club. If they can just get this under control then they will be able to open up from the service line. It's Khaled that is blocked early by Mohamed. He's stuck on 17 points. That'll do. Sayed the captain. That's a good hit. That's a really good hit. I think that was maybe going out but it was a real surprise factor on the hybrid. In the pass he's just about good enough into setter. Stay with this. They are going to have a fabulous start to this club world championships. Good pass from Marandi. Nice swing. Right on the tee from Hajipour. Feels they've got rhythm. He tested again. He left the line open again. And this is another chance to close the gap to just one. Oh blocks too good. Just knew Sayed was going to get that set. He's been very good. Al-Ali just have not been able to offer the same kind of resistance. They've been good for the wins. They've been quality again today. Defended. Chance here. Abdulhamidi can't kill it. Al-Ali a long way out of system. And they get a reuse on it. They keep the game going here. But this is surely another golden opportunity to finish. Hajipour has to roll it into the block. He gets it again. And hammers hard into the far corner. Hajipour.