KARACHI: Pakistan lost their second group game against Korea 3-1 in the ongoing Asian Volleyball Championship in Iran on Monday.
Korea registered their win with scores of 26-28, 25-20, 32-30, and 25-22.
The game was a close one except for the second set, which Korea won by five points, the remaining sets were won with a close margin.
Despite a brilliant performance in the first set as Pakistan made a comeback from 15-18 down to a 28-26 win, they ended up losing the next three sets.
In the second set, both teams went head-to-head and the score was 16-16 after some time. But the Koreans did not give any room to the Pakistani players and won the set 25-20.
The third set was a very close one, the match tied once again 25-25, even though Pakistan got a one-point lead three times in the set, they could not edge the Koreans and ended up losing 32-30.
The fourth set was also very close, but all of Pakistan's efforts were wasted by the strong Korean team and the set was won by the latter 25-22.
On Sunday, Pakistan beat Bangladesh 3-0 in their opening game and went off to a flying start.
The win also confirmed Pakistan’s berth in the next round as Bangladesh lost both of its group matches.
Faizan Lakhani Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News.
