PHILIPPINE club Rebisco absorbed a 15-25, 22-25, 5-25 beatdown from Iranian squad Sirjan Foulad on Friday, October 8, to open their campaign in the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship at Terminal 21 Hall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Save for the second set, Rebisco got outclassed by Sirjan in the match as the Iranian squad unleashed huge runs that the Philippine side could not recover in the first and third sets. After a close fight in the second set, Sirjan took the fight out of Rebisco with a 9-0 start in the third set en route to an easy win. With Sirjan leading 20-15 in the second set and looking to break the game wide open anew, the Filipinos put up a gallant stand to pull within one, 22-23. Rebisco tries to bounce back on Saturday, October 9, against Uzbekistan club AGMK in the second of its four preliminary matches in Pool B.

Source: Manila Times October 08, 2021 15:22 UTC