{"id":43331,"date":"2019-07-12T02:58:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T02:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=43331"},"modified":"2019-07-12T02:58:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T02:58:22","slug":"saeid-maroufs-magic-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/saeid-maroufs-magic-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"SAEID MAROUF\u2019S MAGIC TOUCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Chicago, USA, July 11, 2019 \u2013 Saeid Marouf led Iran to its first appearance in FIVB Volleyball Nations League Finals with his brilliant playmaking skills that leave the fans marvelling and wanting for more.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43333\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-26.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-26-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-26-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-26-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-26-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marouf concluded the five weeks of preliminary round play as the best setter, showcasing countless quality plays for his teammates. He achieved an average per set of 8.45 &#8211; the highest in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>He is a key player in Iran&#8217;s prolific performance this year as they earned 12 wins in 15 matches, heading into the final round.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with fivb.com, Marouf talks about the perfect set and being himself.<\/p>\n<p>Will he still have that magic touch to lead his team to its first VNL medal? Watch Saeid Marouf and his teammates battle world champions Poland at 17:00 local time on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago, USA, July 11, 2019 \u2013 Saeid Marouf led Iran to its first appearance in FIVB Volleyball Nations League Finals with his brilliant playmaking skills that leave the fans marvelling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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