Türkiye 🇹🇷 vs. Iran 🇮🇷 - Highlights | Week 3 | Men's VNL 2026

Iran are in the red. The captain Morteza Sharifi will serve first. Turkiye in the white jerseys knowing a victory and it is history. First attempt at a side out doesn't go to ground. Yanni Pizar takes another look. Yüksel hits that wide. Needs to wash that one away pretty quickly because he'll have plenty more chances today. 3-1 good start here for Islamic Republic of Iran. Effie Bayram with the pass. Well you mentioned Lagumja in the top four of the scorers in this VNL and consistently. Yanni Pizar goes to the middle and Toumer gets shut down. Mohamed Valizadeh that's a brilliant block but it's past Toumer before he's in position. Haji again it's Addis Lagumja receiving. Oh Yüksel that's a nice swing. The lead growing. Morteza short of Yanni Pizar receives so Bayraktar has to step in and set and it's another huge block and he had passed. Had to get the point but Berrihan makes the block. Pass is good. Oh hang time from the captain. That'll work to go over on two. Oh lovely angle. Mirza he's got that in the locker hasn't he? Good ball in. Oh great dig. Addis lovely touch in on another one. Addis Lagumja defensive overdrive but then Morteza finishes well. Murat Yanni Pizar six aces in the tournament so far. Ops for the float serve. Oh great effort. It's got to go. So Mohsen denied gets another go. Not denied this time. Big swing from the big man. Iran side out here it'll be a 23 minute first set. That is exactly what happens. Nema the teenager hits the second set. Chance for Turkey to wipe the slate clean. Murat Yanni Pizar with a service. Another good pass and another good side out. I mean we've talked about how well he's attacking. Look how stable he is in reception there. When he's been in this one so Nazrin he stepped in alongside Morteza and Hakperas. Together they've all had to work hard because there's no bin pariah. Morteza nearly gets there. Addis Lagumja sides out. That made sense didn't it? You know what I meant. Yeah exactly what you meant. Agreed yesterday when Burkay Bayraktar was called for a catch ball. Great swing by two men. Let the captain deal with it. And then just challenge Efi Bayram. Haji over the top. Yanni Pizar. Mirza Lagumja. Well Turkey have responded well. Efi Bayram. Good ball in by Hazrat. Another good block. Another good block. They went up like whack-a-mole then the Turkish blockers. They spooked Morteza. Well you don't need to get inside the three meter line. You've got the whole court to use. Great block. Shahin. Morteza drills that pass in and Isa. Again he has to duck to get through the door. That's a different picture. Bayram. Morteza another great pass from him. A lights out swing from Morteza Sharifi. Morteza serving to stay in the set. No no no no. Turkey level. They needed it. They needed it. In a straight shootout. Their destiny remains in their own hands. Haris Lagumja scores first. It was a best of five. It's now it's now a best of three. To put up a scrap. No team likes to lose anyway. Haji. What are they adding? Four. Bayram. He's gonna get it back. Oh he's gonna poke it. Turkey need to start putting a little bit more pressure on these serves. Create some break point opportunities. There's one. Haris Lagumja. Gucci Vicente in 185. He's sixth place. Oh what a block. This Turkish block is coming to play. It's Haji. Lift your energy up a little bit more. You always have to be careful not to poke the bear. Oh they've done it again. And this is the swings around about. You're tracking with where the lead's going to and from. They're gonna be super busy now. Oh they've done it again. So waiting for block touch. No that's a phenomenal block. That is not pulled away fully but close his arms away. 19-15. Turkey is to lose. Mohamed out of the rally. Morteza. Lovely touch by Hazrat. And then another block. That block has been the difference maker. It's Murat Yeni Pazar who's celebrating. Set number three. Bayram. Arsha. Oh another block and that one's too easy. They have lived and breathed every moment. Can't go to buzz for the set. Haji receives and a monster block to win the set. This is big and this opportunity is now gilt-edged. Fantastic block to finish the job. 25-16 tells a story of two teams heading in very different directions. One set away from the Volleyball Nations League finals. Arsha. He's off the net. Agparast. He's going to swing again Ali Agparast and he's not going to find the floor. Mirza Lagumca tries for the angle. Hazrat was there. Haji. It's going to drop just wide. First point goes Iran's way. Toumer. First ball side out. And every one of those I think will feel like a little weight lifted in this fourth set. So pool ball Bedirhan. Seven blocks today. Put six against Argentina was impressive. That ball over as well. Full 360 from Hadis Lagumca. Great quarter winners. And well Acer had walked away. He thought that ball was down. Turkey have other ideas. Might be right with this challenge. Wait for the video replay first Dave and then we can talk about it. For the national team. The first time anyone had seen this teenager play for France. And he made eight blocks. Robert Landy Simon is genuinely old enough to be his dad. Oh another great block. Nasri. In this set. 17-12. Another good ball in. They changed the set up. And if you're going to bring foreigners in, you bring in experienced foreigners. And that league is tough to stay in as well. Oh yes. Another good swing from Nasri. He's coming into the game now. Jaffer Kirkit comes in to serve. Haji in reception. Block touch. Issa. 18-22. Hadis Lagumca. Wonderful dig by Ali Hagparast. Nasri. Good hand. Hadis Lagumca. Efi Bayram. Nasri again. Oh massive. Another monster block by Turkey. Ahmed Tumer next to Hadis Lagumca. And there is just no way through for Iran. But it's Efi Bayram at the service line to clinch it for Turkey. He's done it with an ace. Turkey make history. The tears of previous years are washed away. We've seen them survive.